Question #1 For which party did you vote in the last provincial general election?

BC Liberals-(201)		46 %
BC NDP-(184)		42 %
BC Green-(43)		10 %
Other-(12)		03 %

Question #2 If an election were held tomorrow in BC for which leader and political party would you caste your ballot?

BC Liberal		40 %
BC NDP		44 %
BC Green		08 %
BC Conservatives		06 %
Undecided		15 %

Question #3 In a Macleans.ca article entitled Feschuk on the Famous, writer Scott Feschuk quoted Prime Minister Stephen Harper saying on September 15, 2008 at the beginning of the most recent federal general election “My own belief is if we were going to have some kind of big crash or recession, we probably would have had it by now.” Given your opinion of current market conditions and looking back on the timing of the last election is it your opinion that Prime Minister Stephen Harper knew more about pending economic problems than he was disclosing to Canadians during the election?

Yes		56 %
No		30 %
Undecided		14 %

Question #4 In your opinion did Prime Minister Stephen Harper purposefully misrepresent the truth about the economy to Canadians during the most recent federal general election for his own electoral benefit?

Yes		49 %
No		38 %
Undecided		13 %

Question #5 Which level of government and government policies in your opinion has a greater impact on the success or failure of BC’s provincial economy?

The Federal government’s policies		52 %
The Provincial government’s policies		38 %
Undecided		10 %

Question #6 In your opinion are the costs/investments in the 2010 Olympic Games hurting or helping BC’s provincial economy?

Hurting		61 %
Helping		21 %
Undecided		18 %

Question #7 Which of the two main political parties in the province of BC in your opinion would be best do deal with tough economic times?

BC Liberals		37 %
BC NDP		39 %
Neither/Undecided		24 %

Question #8 Which of the two main political parties in the province of BC in your opinion would be best do deal with Health Care?

BC NDP		50 %
BC Liberals		24 %
Undecided		26 %

Question #9 Which of the two main political parties in the province of BC in your opinion would be best do deal with Education including post secondary education?

BC NDP		43 %
BC Liberals		37 %
Undecided		20 %

Question #10 Premier Gordon Campbell provided nearly two billion dollars in tax cuts to upper income British Columbians in his first term as Premier. Should BC’s Premier after the May 2009 provincial general election increase taxes on BC’s wealthier families in order to help fund and preserve social programs like health care, education, and homelessness?

Yes		39 %
No		34 %
Undecided		27 %

Commentary

Observations:

The BC NDP continue to lead the BC Liberals, however this lead is within the margin of error for this poll.

Clearly, the BC Liberals are losing support based on migration of voters reflecting a loss of (12.4%) support. In contrast the BC NDP have increased voter support by (4.7%).

BC Greens are down (16.3%), while the BC Conservatives have emerged from virtually nowhere to remain at (06%) from our last ROBBINS poll.

Two-thirds of decided British Columbians are of the opinion that Prime Minister Harper “Knew more about pending economic problems than he was disclosing to Canadians during the (general federal) election”, while one-third of decided British Columbians are not of this opinion.

(57.8%) of decided British Columbians are of the opinion that Federal government policies have a greater impact on BC’s provincial economy while (42.2%) of decided British Columbians are of the opinion it is provincial economic policy which has the greater impact on BC’s economy.

Three-quarters of decided British Columbians are of the opinion that the cost/investment of the 2010 Olympic Games is hurting BC’s economy.

(48.7%) of British Columbians (who selected either BC Liberals or BC NDP) in question #7 are of the opinion that BC Liberals would be the best government in “tough economic times” while (52.3%) are of the opinion that the BC NDP would be best.

More than two-thirds of decided British Columbians are of the opinion that the BC NDP would be “best to deal with Health care”.

(53.8%) of decided British Columbians are of the opinion that the BC NDP would be best to deal with Education including post secondary Education, while (46.2%) are of the opinion that the BC Liberals would be best.

(53.4%) of decided British Columbians are of the opinion that BC’s Premier after the May 2009 provincial general election should increase taxes of BC’s wealthiest families in order to “help fund and preserve social programs like health care, education, and homelessness.