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Content: use HTML Edit Content <h1 style="text-align: center;">POLL - bc government, current issues</h1> <h2>[WHAT]</h2> <ol> <li>] by Maurio Canseco @insightwest.ca - 2016-05 poll of bc residents on the most important issues facing the province today and ranking the governments performance on said issues</li> </ol> <h2>[WHY]</h2> <ol> <li>]&nbsp;</li> </ol> <h2>[WHERE]</h2> <ol> <li><strong>] READ THE FULL ARTICLE</strong></li> <ol> <li>]&nbsp;<a href="http://www.insightswest.com/news/concerns-over-housing-and-poverty-intensify-in-british-columbia/" target="_blank">http://www.insightswest.com/news/concerns-over-housing-and-poverty-intensify-in-british-columbia/</a></li> </ol></ol> <h2>[WHEN]</h2> <ol> <li>] 2016-05-11&nbsp;</li> </ol> <h2>[EXAMPLE]</h2> <ol> <li><strong>] issues - most important facing BC today</strong></li> <ol> <li>] housing / poverty / homelessness - 22%</li> <li>] economy / jobs - 20%</li> <li>] healthcare - 17%</li> <li>] government accountability - 12%</li> <li>] environment - 9%</li> <li>] education - 6%</li> <li>] energy / pipelines / lng - 4%</li> <li>] crime / public safety - 3%</li> <li>] other - 1%&nbsp;</li> <li>] not sure - 5%</li> </ol> <li><strong>] is the Clark governtment doing a good job or bad job, by issue</strong></li> <ol> <li>] economy / jobs - 39/46</li> <li>] crime / public safety - 34/47</li> <li>] environment - 32/53</li> <li>] energy / pipelines / lng - 28/56</li> <li>?] shortage of skilled workers - 28/46</li> <li>?] business taxes and red tape - 27/44</li> <li>] health care - 26/60&nbsp;</li> <li>] education - 24/62</li> <li>] government accountability - 21/67</li> <li>] housing / poverty / homelessness - 15/71</li> </ol> <li>]&nbsp;When it comes to recent decisions, practically half of British Columbians (47%, +5) are satisfied with the government&rsquo;s work on implementing changes to legislation related to the sale of alcohol. Only two other decisions get a positive rating from a third of residents: pushing for the development of LNG (35%, +2) and handling relations with BC&rsquo;s First Nations (33%, +2).</li> <li>] The rating is lower for other decisions, including managing BC Hydro (28%, -2) taking action to reduce BC&rsquo;s greenhouse gas emissions (also 28%, +4), dealing with the Northern Gateway Pipeline (27%, =), dealing with the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline (24%, +1) and managing the Agricultural Land Commission (22%, +4).</li> <li>] The four lowest ranked decisions are managing BC Ferries (19%, +1), managing TransLink (16%, +6), dealing with questions related to political fundraising (16%) and handling issues related to foreign ownership in housing (11%, -1).</li> </ol> <h2>[HOW-TO]</h2> <p><img src="http://www.insightswest.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Slide3.png" alt="" width="720" height="540" /></p> <h2>[REFERENCE]</h2> <ol> <li>] SRC = r/vancouver, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/4ivxct/new_poll_housingpovertyhomelessness_is_now_the/" target="_blank">comments</a></li> </ol> <h1 style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</h1>