Canadians want to telework: This is clear from the compelling results of an Ekos Research study released on Nov 4/98 (during Canada's first Telework Day). These findings were part of a study of several thousand Canadians in "one of the most comprehensive efforts to date relating to the information highway, underlying attitudes, and behavior within Canadian households." Key findings included the following:

• 55% of Canadian employees want to telework now;
• 50% feel their jobs are at least partially teleworkable now;
• 29% expect to telework next year. 63% expect to telework at some point;
• 43% would quit their jobs if another employer offered them an equivalent job allowing telework;
• 33% would choose telework over a 10% raise;
• 77% believe that new technology facilitates working at home

Reproduced with permission from InnoVisions Canada