According to Harris/Decima Senior Vice President Doug Anderson, “Faced with the rapid onset of a complex global economic crisis late in 2008, Canadians were initially hesitant to endorse the idea of stimulus spending if it meant a return to deficit.  Opinion is certainly still divided, but after a year of observing what this spending would actually mean, there appears to be slightly more comfort with the notion of continuing to spend in order to create jobs.  However, Canadians remain determined to control spending over the long-term and there is a fair consensus of opinion that such spending should not continue beyond this year."