During each consultation session, participants were invited to voluntarily provide responses to a series of questions using interactive polling technology. The polling results are provided below.
Through the interactive polling technology the ranking of questions is done by assigning a value to the selected options, which is then summed as a total. For example, if presented with 5 choices to rank, the first choice will get a score of 10, then the next choice will get a score of 9, etc. These are then totaled and divided by the maximum score for each value to generate a percentage. This is not a scientific survey and can only be interpreted as representing the opinions of those that volunteered to participate at the consultation sessions.
The information found here may vary from the information collected during the telephone survey process. The information collected here reflects the opinions of those who attended and chose to participate, whereas the telephone survey is representative of the general population of the province.
Consultation Session Polling Results (PDF Format)
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- Bay Roberts
- Clarenville
- Corner Brook
- Gander
- Grand Falls – Windsor
- Happy Valley – Goose Bay
- Labrador West (Labrador City)
- Marystown
- Springdale
- St. John’s AM
- St. John’s PM
- Stephenville
Consultation Session Polling Results (Table Format)
Question: Please rank the following options for government to deal with the current budget shortfall.
Session | Raise taxes and user fees for government programs and services | Cut spending on government programs and services | Borrow money to cover the shortfall | Number of Responses |
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Bay Roberts | 39% | 39% | 23% | 8 |
Marystown | 14% | 43% | 43% | 7 |
Labrador West (Labrador City) | 28% | 32% | 41% | 7 |
Happy Valley – Goose Bay | 67% | 17% | 17% | 6 |
Stephenville | 33% | 38% | 29% | 13 |
Grand Falls-Windsor | 28% | 37% | 35% | 8 |
Gander | 24% | 38% | 38% | 7 |
Clarenville | 37% | 33% | 30% | 19 |
St. John’s AM | 29% | 37% | 34% | 31 |
St. John’s PM | 38% | 31% | 31% | 26 |
Springdale | 33% | 34% | 33% | 6 |
Corner Brook | 38% | 32% | 31% | 17 |
Question: If government were to increase taxes and user fees in order to increase revenue, please rank the following areas in which you would support an increase?
Session | Increase provincial sales tax | Increase personal income tax for all income levels | Increase personal income tax for incomes over a certain level | Increase the tax on gas | Increase/add user fees (licensing, registrations fees etc.) | Government should not increase taxes and user fees | Number of Responses |
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Bay Roberts | 31% | 24% | 15% | 6% | 15% | 8% | 9 |
Marystown | 7% | 8% | 26% | 8% | 42% | 9% | 8 |
Labrador West (Labrador City) | 17% | 13% | 25% | 15% | 12% | 19% | 10 |
Happy Valley – Goose Bay | 10% | 0% | 29% | 0% | 26% | 36% | 7 |
Stephenville | 12% | 6% | 26% | 21% | 21% | 15% | 15 |
Grand Falls-Windsor | 11% | 5% | 35% | 10% | 16% | 23% | 8 |
Gander | 29% | 6% | 23% | 17% | 10% | 16% | 9 |
Clarvenville | 22% | 16% | 21% | 12% | 18% | 10% | 18 |
St. John’s AM | 25% | 10% | 30% | 4% | 10% | 20% | 18 |
St. John’s PM | 17% | 6% | 24% | 16% | 13% | 24% | 22 |
Springdale | 18% | 24% | 9% | 14% | 19% | 16% | 9 |
Corner Brook | 16% | 23% | 21% | 8% | 10% | 23% | 20 |
Question: If government were to cut spending to help offset the budget shortfall, in which of the following areas would you support a cut?
Session | Increase provincial sales tax | Increase personal income tax for all income levels | Increase personal income tax for incomes over a certain level | Increase the tax on gas | Increase/add user fees (licensing, registrations fees etc.) | Government should not increase taxes and user fees | Number of Responses |
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Bay Roberts | 10% | 9% | 10% | 56% | 0% | 16% | 8 |
Marystown | 15% | 7% | 14% | 28% | 5% | 32% | 8 |
Labrador West (Labrador City) | 31% | 14% | 8% | 30% | 0% | 17% | 6 |
Happy Valley – Goose Bay | 0% | 0% | 17% | 32% | 17% | 34% | 5 |
Stephenville | 19% | 12% | 10% | 24% | 10% | 25% | 12 |
Grand Falls-Windsor | 14% | 13% | 15% | 20% | 20% | 18% | 8 |
Gander | 12% | 11% | 18% | 23% | 10% | 26% | 8 |
Clarvenville | 14% | 15% | 20% | 29% | 7% | 14% | 17 |
St. John’s AM | 15% | 4% | 15% | 33% | 11% | 22% | 26 |
St. John’s PM | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Springdale | 9% | 21% | 13% | 21% | 17% | 19% | 7 |
Corner Brook | 16% | 15% | 16% | 18% | 15% | 21% | 16 |