Pollster Nik Nanos

Nanos Research Dept: Pollster Nik Nanos of the public opinion firm Nanos Research describes the overall mood in Canada as "tentative" while Canadians remain hopeful of better days to come, they also perceive a steady erosion of their personal financial wellbeing, according to CBC. At the same time, if consumers do stop spending, the entire economy could quickly go from bright to tight, if not into the tank and while 2012 mercifully ended without the U.S. economy falling off a fiscal cliff or the world ending altogether, Canadians might nonetheless be excused for approaching the year ahead with one hand on their wallets and the other clutching a lucky charm. Nanos says we are also becoming spooked by repeated warnings from the prime minister and others that record levels of personal debt will crush many families if interest rates rise, as they inevitably will. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.