Economic unity beats out crime as hot issue, poll finds

More Canadians see strengthening the country’s economic unity as the top priority for government compared with a year ago, according to a poll ranking voter attitudes toward Conservative priorities.
The Nanos Survey poll asked 1,000 Canadians earlier this month which issue they considered the most important out of five listed on Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s website as long-term priorities. The poll suggests Canadians have become less interested in cracking down on crime, asserting Arctic sovereignty and rebuilding the Canadian Forces.

Nearly 40 per cent of those surveyed this year said economic unity was their top priority, compared with close to 26 per cent last year, when the same poll question was asked soon after the Conservatives won their majority.
In Ontario, 46 per cent of respondents picked economic unity as the most important priority, more than any other province. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said earlier this year that the province has “no one to blame but themselves” for heading into deficits for six more years.

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