90 % of Canadians support public health care

[Bragi]

The most recent Nanos Poll shows that Canadians have a very strong attachment to universal health care but think there is room for improvement.

The survey found that nine in ten Canadians support universal health care (90% support or somewhat support), and seven out of ten Canadians believe that President Barack Obama is on the right track with respect to health care in the US (71%). Results were consistent across regions.

When asked what they believed was the key strength of the current Canadian health care system, six in ten said, unprompted, it was accessibility and universality (61%). The key weakness identified, unprompted, was wait times (33%), a more than two-to-one margin over the next most cited weakness - a shortage of doctors and nurses (14%).

When asked to look south of the border to the US, the majority of Canadians felt that President Obama was on the right track when it came to making changes to the health care system in the United States (71%) with only seven percent saying he was on the wrong track. One in five were unsure (21%). Quebecers were comparatively more likely to say Obama was on the right track (82%), followed by Ontarians (74% right track).

http://www.nanosresearch.com/library/polls/POLNAT-S09-T394E.pdf

[Oregone]

1. Obama is a rorschach to Canadians

"and seven out of ten Canadians believe that President Barack Obama is on the right track"

Anecdotally, I don't find that Canadians even follow him on a policy level. I would bet that if this reform was attempted in Canada, the Parliament would lose all confidence in no amount of time. For the most part, it seems Canadians think that Obama is on the right track in every regard, being that his public persona is much the antithesis of Bush

[Captain Hilts]

2. Will one of them marry me? I'll be in GTA in two weeks....nt