45% of Canadians concerned about holiday spending costs: Ipsos poll

In a new Ipsos poll done exclusively for Global News and released Monday, 45 per cent of Canadians expressed concern that they don’t have enough money to spend on holiday gifts, while 30 per cent of Canadians said they will rein in their gift shopping this holiday season, and spend less compared with previous years. However, 52 per cent of people said they anticipated spending about the same as before.

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