THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2011 25 FEATURE: ANNUAL SURVEY & POLITICS The 15th Annual All Politics Poll: The Best and Worst of Federal Politics, By The Hill Times and Angus Reid 1. Who was this year’s most valuable politician? 14. Which former prime minister do you most admire? Former NDP leader Jack Layton 35% Lester B. Pearson 16% Prime Minister Stephen Harper 23% John A. Macdonald 16% Immigration Minister Jason Kenney 10% Pierre Trudeau 15% 2. Who was this year’s least valuable politician? 15. Who was the best Cabinet minister in 2011? Former Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff 25% Immigration Minister Jason Kenney 20% Treasury Board President Tony Clement 11% Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird 18% NDP MP Pat Martin 6% Finance Minister Jim Flaherty 11% 3. Which public figure do you wish had run in the 16. Who was the worst Cabinet minister in 2011? last election? President of the Treasury Board Tony Clement 25% Former Cabinet minister Stockwell Day 7% None 14% Stephen Lewis 5% Minister of International Cooperation Bev Oda 12% Stockwell Day 7% Don Cherry, Mark Carney, Bernard Lord 4% 17. Which Cabinet minister most respects parliament? 4. Who is your favourite up-and-comer politician? None 20% Conservative MP Chris Alexander 7% Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird 8% Conservative MP Ted Opitz 7% Immigration Minister Jason Kenney 8% NDP MP Alexandre Boulerice 5% Conservative MP Kellie Leitch 5% 18. Who is the most approachable member of Cabinet? Liberal MP Justin Trudeau 5% Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird 18% Conservative MP Candice Hoeppner 5% None 13% Immigration Minister Jason Kenney 9% 5. Who made the biggest political comeback this year? Conservative MP Maxime Bernier 16% 19. What is the biggest problem facing Parliament itself? Liberal Leader Bob Rae 15% Democracy/partisanship 47% The former and the late NDP leader Jack Layton 13% Political parties 34% The economy 14% 6. Who is the political figure you’d most like to see make a comeback? 20. What was the biggest political story of 2011? The Hill Times The Former Cabinet minister Stockwell Day 5% The Conservative winning a majority 26% Former NDP leader Ed Broadbent 4% Passing of Jack Layton 23% Treasury Board President Tony Clement 4% The rise of the NDP 19% Minister of State Maxime Bernier 4% 21. Which is the best House committee on 7. What issue have politicians most shamelessly Parliament Hill? Stephen Lewis 5% Bernard Lord 4% Mark Carney 4% exploited for political gain? Finance 14% Photographs by Jake Wright, Wright, by Jake Photographs National security 27% Public Accounts 8% The economy 19% Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics 7% Jack Layton’s death 14% 22. Which is the best Senate committee on 8. What is the most important issue facing the Parliament Hill? country? Bank trade and Commerce Senate Committee 13% The economy 83% Foreign Affairs and International Trade 13% Social programs 9% Joint Library of Parliament 11% Environment 5% 23. Which committee [House of Commons or 9. What is the most important issue politicians Senate] is a complete waste of time? aren’t addressing? None 28% The economy 33% All/most committees 20% Social programs 29% Status of Women 10% Environment 17% 24. Who in the world would you most like to invite 10. Which political promise is least likely to be kept? to dinner? Eliminating the deficit 30% Prime Minister Stephen Harper 10% Government reform 16% U.S. President Barack Obama 7% NDP Promises 8% Nelson Mandela 3% Queen Elizabeth 3% 11. What was the best political book of the year? Harperland, by Lawrence Martin 12% 25. Where is your favourite happy hour place? Ethical Oil, by Ezra Levant 5% Brixton’s 28% Oliver’s Twist, by Craig Oliver 3% Métropolitain Brasserie 16% D’Arcy McGee’s 13% 12. Who is your favourite talking head? [TV journalist or pundit] Source: This year, The Hill Times partnered with Angus Reid Public The Toronto Star’s Chantal Hébert 9% Opinion, the public affairs division of Vision Critical who created CBCNN’s Evan Solomon 9% a URL for our survey. Respondents could fill it out in French or in Sun News TV’s Ezra Levant 8% English. The Angus Reid Public Opinion survey was promoted on the Hill through advertisements in The Hill Times, our daily updates 13. What talking head [TV journalist or pundit] sent out each weekday, by phone calls, and by emails to all MPs’ would you most like to silence? and Senators’ offices. It is a self-selected survey. Some 297 people Sun News TV’s Ezra Levant 9% responded, including 77 Conservatives, 146 NDP, 28 Liberals, and CBCNN’s Evan Solomon 7% two Green Party members. 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