COMPAS Poll/Survey
May 14, 2009
 

Ignatieff vs. Harper: PM Outperforms Opposition Leader on Most Issues, Especially Those Deemed Important by Business Panel

  BDO Dunwoody Weekly CEO/Business Leader Poll By COMPAS in Canadian Business
 
Categories:
Elections
Policy and Opinion
Consumer and Lifestyle
Business and Finance
The CEOs and business leaders on the COMPAS panel were asked to rate the importance of seven policy issues and identity which leader - Stephen Harper or Michael Ignatieff - would handle each issue better. The good news for Harper is that he is seen as outperforming his rival on 5 issues to 2. The good news for Ignatieff is that he is seen as outperforming the Prime Minister on two issues that he appears to care much about, namely employment insurance reform and Quebec. The Liberal leader’s success is nonetheless tempered by the fact that the business panel rates these two issues as far less important than the issues on which the PM is seen as excelling.

These are the key findings from this past week’s Internet survey of CEOs and business leaders on the COMPAS panel. The weekly business survey is undertaken for Canadian Business magazine under sponsorship of BDO Dunwoody LLP.

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