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Canadians divided on defence ties
 Via Lucianne, just in case you need to register:nobody@coldmail.com mugsgame Even support for getting closer, pulling away and status quo Poll numbers in Quebec, B.C. seen as good news for Liberals Canadians are split three ways on support for closer ties with the United States on defence issues, says a new poll conducted for the Toronto Star. But the Martin government's decision to stay out of the U.S. missile-defence scheme plays to public opinion in the key political battlegrounds of Quebec and British Columbia, according to the poll, carried out by SES Research for the Star earlier this month. The poll, conducted about three weeks after Prime Minister Paul Martin announced Canada would opt out of missile defence, shows a nation almost evenly divided among those who favour closer defence ties with the Americans, those who want to move farther away and those who are fine with things the way they are.... Posted by: anonymous2u 2005-03-29 |
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