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Nice spin job Peter.

Canada's foreign affairs minister has dismissed a new poll that suggests a solid majority of Canadians consider the military's mission in Afghanistan a lost cause. The Decima Research survey, published Monday, showed that 59 per cent of respondents agreed with the statement that Canadian soldiers “are dying for a cause we cannot win.”

“You know, polls are like flags — they change in the wind,” Peter MacKay told reporters in Halifax late Monday.

“What I'm most impressed with is that Canadians have supported our troops. How they have demonstrated the deep understanding of the commitment, the sacrifice, made by the men and women of the Canadian Forces.”

Which Canadians? The 34%.


Polling Data:
Do you agree or disagree with this statement? - Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan are dying for a cause we cannot win.

Agree 59%

Disagree 34%

Not sure 7%

Source: Decima Research / Canadian Press
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 2,038 Canadian adults, conducted from Sept. 8 to Sept. 18, 2006. Margin of error is 2.2 per cent.

See any trend here. The Conservatives won 36.25 % share of the votes in the last election. Which is around the same percentage that disagree with the question. While the total won by the opposition is close to the amount of Canadians that agree with the questions. So basically your base supports the war.

CON 124 (36.25%)
LIB 103 (30.22%)
BQ 51 (10.48%)
NDP 29 (17.49%)
IND 1 (.52%)
OTH 0 (5.05%)