1. Jack Jedwab Executive Director Association for Canadian Studies December 2010

2.  One poll was conducted amongst Canadians by the firm Leger Marketing for the Association for Canadian Studies on the week ending 2010-09-07, asking respondents across Canada if they ''strongly agree", "somewhat agree", "somewhat disagree" or "strongly disagree'' on the following question “Overall how much trust and confidence do you have in the following to do a good job?” Armed Forces/Military Federal Government (in Canada and the United States) and National Government (in Germany and Spain)  This report presents the findings in Canada of the survey conducted among a sample of an average of 1,707 adults comprising 825 men and 882 women 18 years of age and older and is a demographically representative national sample.  In addition, the ACS contracted reputable polling companies in the United States, Spain and Germany to run the same battery of questions with a similar, representative sample size (of 1000 persons) in order to run cross-national comparisons on the issue at hand.

3. Overall how much trust and confidence do you have in the following to do a good job? Great Deal and Fair Amount % Armed Forces Federal Government/National Government Canada75.754.1 United States80.741.5 Germany50.127.2 Spain52.429.3

4. Overall how much trust and confidence do you have in the following to do a good job? Canada Great Deal and Fair Amount Armed Forces Federal Government 18-24 51.2 47.8% 25-34 71.851.3 35-44 77.756.7 45-54 80.754.1 55-64 82.660.2 65-74 84.261.0 Male 77.654.7 Female 74.153.2 Overall how much trust and confidence do you have in the following to do a good job? USA Great Deal and Fair Amount Armed Forces Federal Government 18-2479.658.3 25-3469.142.8 35-4479.038.0 45-5482.835.4 55-64 85.743.6 65 and older 91.637.5 Male 82.643.4 Female 79.039.8

5. Canada Great Deal and Fair Amount Armed Forces Federal Government Total75.754.1 Non- Immigrants 77.553.5 Immigrants67.553.9 French71.749.2 English80.352.7 Allophone67.357.5 USA Great Deal and Fair Amount Armed Forces Federal Government Total80.741.5 Non- Immigrants 81.040.2 Immigrants78.058.9 White83.138.4 Black or African American 73.160.2 Hispanic71.250.0