61. On the margins of error

Published
2 November 1997

Re: Cutting debt, taxes top Canadians’ list, Nov 1st. I noticed that the charts accompanying the new Angus Reid-Globe and Mail Poll, on what the federal government’s primary fiscal pursuit should be following deficit elimination, did not have a respondent category for those Canadians earning under $30,000. Could this omission limit the poll’s accuracy to within 2.5 successful applications for a Platinum credit card or merely be taken as accurate for every 19 out of 20 households enjoying Cognac Louis XIII ?