Excerpts from the poll report:

In September 2008, Environics Research was retained by Code Blue for Child Care to conduct a survey of Canadians' attitudes toward child care. Two questions were asked on a national poll, which was conducted among a sample of 1,000 respondents between September 24 and October 4, 2008.

Among the findings of the poll are:

- Three-quarters of Canadians (77%) think that the lack of affordable child care is a very (31%) or somewhat (46%) serious problem in Canada today. Just two in ten Canadians (19%) feel that this is not very (14%) or not at all (5%) serious.

- On the second question, eight in ten Canadians (83%) think that governments have a very (35%) or somewhat (48%) important role to play in helping parents meet their child care needs. Just 15 percent think this is not very or not at all important.