WEST VAN EDITION Whoop it up at Westlynn: THE VOICE OF NORTH AND WEST VANCOUVER os a eS tetera al ai Pt. Atkinson Wednesday WEDNESDAY sunny with clouds THURSDAY sunny with clouds ay i Newsstand Price 50¢ October 12, 1983 Newsroom 985-2131 Classified 986-6222 SURVEY SHOWS LITTLE SUPPORT FOR NEW VOTE Or for provincal general strike A POLL conducted recently by Marktrend Marketing Research Inc., a Vancouver-based research firm, provides indications of the level of support that exists in the GVRD for new elections, and for a general strike designed to bring about new elections. Bruce Campbell, Marktrend’s Vice-President, reports that 39 percent of those polled said they thought ‘‘Premier Bennett should call for a new election because of opposition to his new programs,’’ 58 percent disagreed and 3 percent did not know. Support for a new election was concentrated among those who voted for the NDP in the May provincial elec- tion. Sixty-eight percent of the NDP supporters thought there should be new clection, compared to 20 percent of the Social Credit voters. A second indication of the sources of support for new elections is revealed by the question ‘‘Have you or your family Jost any income or other support because of the Provincial Government's restraint program?’’ Fifty four percent of those who had lost income or support favored calling a new elec- tion, compared to 34 percent of those who had not lost in- come or support. One of the means of bring- ing about new provincial elections that has been widely discussed lately, 1s a general strike Marktrend’s respondents were asked ‘‘If the Solidarity Movement were to call a general strike in British Columbia in order to bring about new provincial elections, would you _per- sonally stay off work?”’ Twenty-six percent of those members of the sample who were working at the time of the interview said they would go off work Another nine percent said they would con sider going off work. Sixty percent said they would not go off work and five percent said a strike did not apply to them since they did not belong to a union. Support for a general strike was closely related to the vote in the May election. Fifty-six of the NDP voters said they would join a general strike, while 25 percent said they would not. Among Social Credit voters, nine percent said they would join a general strike, and 81 per- cent said they would not. Finally, support for a general strike is linked to whether or not the respon- dent had lost income or sup- port because of the restraint program. Forty-four percent of those who had lost income ar support said they would go off work, while 43 percent said they would not. Among those who had not lost any income or support, 20 percent said they would strike, and 66 percent said they would not The poll was conducted between Sept 16 and 30