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10-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, December 17th, 1980 i\ Mainstream Canada Those Costly Polls By W. Roger Worth Pollsters in Canada are having a field day as they travel the country taking the collective pulse of ordinary citizens. Originally, major companies companies were the big users of polls and surveys as they attempted to establish a potential market for new products. products. But now virtually every government in the country has hopped on the bandwagon, quizzing and surveying the populous about defense spending, levels of immigration, immigration, or the use of bathrooms at Ottawa's National Arts; Centre. Roger Worth is Director, 'Public Affairs, Canadian Federation of Independent Business. Many times, questions involving involving complicated technical issues are simplified to the point of the absurd. Yet politicians and bureaucrats give great credence to the result». A lot of this polling and surveying of Canadians would be worth a hearty chuckle if important issues weren't involved. involved. First, there is the question of authenticity. The experts contend they have developed polling processes that can ferret ferret out the national, regional or provincial viewpoint by interviewing interviewing a couple of thousand thousand Canadians. While this may be true in some instances (even pollsters get lucky on occasion), examples examples abound of poll results that bear little relationship to actual public opinion. In the recent U.S. election, for instance, most pollsters failed to forecast the massive support for President-elect Reagan, Yet Canada's politicians and bureaucrats are making public decisions involving billions of taxpayer dollars on the basis of polls. Then there's the matter of cost. Polling has become big business in the country: with millions of dollars being spent on the process. 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