Canadian Gallup Poll, January 1971, #345

This Gallup poll aims to collect the opinions of Canadians on current events in the country. It measures thoughts on political parties, issues central to politics, and interest in elections, across various geographic and social groups. Topics of interests include: American textbooks being used in Canadian schools; the approval of baby bonuses; the approval of equal pay for men and women; approval of the voluntary male sterilization programme; causes of rising prices; changing the legal marriage age; cutting family allowance programmes for the rich; the effects of inflation on the Canadian economy; the effect of unemployment on the Canadian economy; establishing a voluntary press council; the happiness of children in different generations; the length of maternity leave; the level of education cost; the performance of Douglas as NDP leader; the performance of the newspaper in presenting the news; the performance of Stanfield as opposition leader; the performance of Trudeau as Prime Minister; political kidnapping; the predictions for 1971; preferred political parties; quality of education; Quebec identity cards; unemployment's effect on prices; union membership; voting habits; and who to blame for crime. Basic demographics variables are also included.