by Terence Corcoran "ONCE again the holidays and other sources of good cheer, including a growing economy and rising stock markets, have been wrecked by the annual Maclean's/CBC News poll. In this annual national survey, the majority of Canadians express generally sensible views on most issues--less government isn't so bad, a bigger role for the private sector is good, debt reduction hasn't gone far enough, private health care is acceptable, as are multiracial immigration ... ... "An accompanying Maclean's story on the looming expansion of the private sector is mostly an anti-business report that chastises companies for layoffs and mean-spirited bottom-line thinking. The problem, it claims, is the failure to hold companies responsible for anything other than maximizing shareholder value, a popular theme among statists who have run out of state. http://web.theglobeandmail.com/web/cgi-bin/ DisplayPage?SITE=web&KEY=961231.ROBColumn.RCORC