Majority of Canadians are now opposed to Stephen Harper's illegal and unwinnable war
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Firm finds limited enthusiasm for mission among 1,004 Canadians
Last Updated: Tuesday, July 8, 2008 | 12:58 AM ET News
An online poll done last week suggests that only 36 per cent of
Canadians agree with the decision to extend Canada's military mission
in Afghanistan through 2011, a Vancouver-based polling firm says.
That is down from 41 per cent in a similar poll done in May, Angus
Reid Strategies said in a statement issued Monday.
Parliament approved a motion in March to extend the Afghanistan
mission from 2009 to 2011 if NATO allies provide reinforcements and
the government secures the use of transport helicopters and
surveillance drones.
In the latest poll, 58 per cent disagreed with the decision, up from
54 per cent in May, the firm said. Both times, about six per cent were
not sure.
Because of the margin of error, it was not clear whether the figures
represented a significant shift in opinion.
The latest poll was conducted July 2 and 3 through an online
questionnaire answered by 1,004 adult members of a panel recruited for
market surveys and political polls. They are eligible for prizes or
cash payments in some cases. It was not clear any were paid in
connection with this poll.
The 1,004 were selected at random and their answers were statistically
weighted to reflect education, age, gender and regional patterns of
the Canadian population, the firm said. The results of such a poll
should be accurate 19 times out of 20 within a margin of error of 3.1
percentage points in either direction, Angus Reid said.
A bare majority of men (51 per cent) tended to support keeping the
troops in Afghanistan, while women
(69 per cent) were against it, the firm said.
Eighty-seven Canadian soldiers have been killed in the Afghanistan
mission since 2002.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/07/07/afghanistan-poll.html
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Kelly Bert Manning
> 36 per cent support keeping troops in Afghanistan through 2011: poll
> Firm finds limited enthusiasm for mission among 1,004 Canadians
> Last Updated: Tuesday, July 8, 2008 | 12:58 AM ET News
It could be worse. Harper wanted to send Canadian soldiers to join Bush's
War in Iraq.
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OTTAWA(Reuters 2003 Apr 03) An influential adviser to the U.S. administration
used an interview published on Thursday to write off Canadian Prime Minister
Jean Chretien as "a lame duck". Ironic, eh?
(Richard Perle as USA defence policy board chair)
sdgreen
"Kelly Bert Manning" <bo...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA> wrote in message
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Good thing too as Jean Chretien was not only a bloody lame duck, but also a
slime bag Liberal thief.
Duncan Patton
I'm not convinced buying the Blok's rank'n'file with bribes and boobies makes
him anything more than a sleazy Pol.
Dhu