Never mind which minority government we’ll end up with — I’m glad to see that Ipsos-Reid is taking care of the real issues:

“According to an Ipsos-Reid poll conducted on behalf of Veet, Canadian women who remove hair do so from a mean average of 2.5 body parts. Incidentally, both legs count as one body part. In looking specifically at leg hair removal, the majority (69%) of women in Canada have removed leg hair in the past month and 37% removed unwanted leg hair in the past day/few days.”

…Or how about those clumsy Canadian men:

“…on behalf of Mark’s Work Wearhouse, six in ten (60%) men in Canada suggest that if they stain their shirt it is typically because they are being clumsy.”

And, finally, look forward to seeing this stereotype in a Diet Pepsi commercial sometime soon:

“According to an Ipsos-Reid poll commissioned by Diet Pepsi and released today, almost three in ten (28%) Canadians see their fathers in a �shirt and tie� sense, while a further two in ten (21%) describe their dads as ‘cardigan and loafer’ types.”

Isn’t it interesting that the most ridiculous of polls are sponsored by corporations looking to leverage whatever tidbits of ‘cultural knowledge’ they can find? It would be mildly amusing if it weren’t so blatant (and effective).