Further proof coming that liberals are out of touch with what we conservative Canadians call “the people” and what sensible people call “reality”. A poll will be released later today:
Canadians want more active role for military, poll finds
Willing to commit troops to dangerous assignments
Canadians are more aggressive than their own government and even most Americans when it comes to sending soldiers into harm’s way, a new public opinion poll finds.A poll conducted for the Dominion Institute and the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute suggests an overwhelming majority of Canadians are willing to commit our troops to a wide range of overseas missions, even when it means possible Canadian casualties.
“Despite our reputation as the peaceable kingdom and seeing the Americans as sort of pre-emptive warmongers, Canadians are very comfortable with a more muscular use of our military,” said Rudyard Griffiths, executive director of the Dominion Institute.
“This [poll] suggests there’s a bit of a disconnect between our elites’ opinion of Canada’s military and its role in the world … and most Canadians’ gut reaction—that our military is there to be used.”
The poll, which is to be released today, found that more than three-quarters of those surveyed supported sending the Canadian Forces abroad in five of six hypothetical situations.
An overwhelming 92% of respondents supported Canadian troops being deployed to assist a nation struck by famine; 84% said they should be sent to uphold international law; 79% said our military should be used to bring peace in a civil war; 78% supported using them to liberate hostages; and 73% favoured sending in the army to destroy a terrorist base.
Only a hypothetical mission to ensure Canada’s oil supply was not supported by a majority of those polled, with 47% supporting such a mission for our military.
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