why i prefer canada, reason number 35,264

Today's poll in the Toronto Globe And Mail:
Do you feel that Canada should participate in the U.S. ballistic missile defence program?

Yes 5306 votes (20%)

No 21347 votes (80%)
No matter that it's an unscientific survey. If you can show me a poll in any mainstream American media that shows 80% of respondents against anything military, I'll stay.

Comments

  1. Anonymous3 December 2004 at 10:35

    Unfortunately it seems Bush is intent on railroading us into acceptance of missle defence.

    I think the PM's tactic is to stall until 2008 and hope that Bush's successor makes it a moot point. He might commission some studies or something to buy time.

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  2. laura k3 December 2004 at 10:52

    Anon (Kyle?) : How can Bush force Canada to do that? What is he using as leverage - trade considerations?

    Miss K: I did see The Daily Show last night - Stewart was great, as always. But even so, missile defense (a/k/a Star Wars) is a pretty easy target.

    Thank you for the welcome! Where do you live?

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  3. Anonymous3 December 2004 at 12:27

    Trade considerations. Things like reopening the border to Canadian beef, etc.

    So, I predict Martin will try to seem like he's open to the idea to please Bush, without actually doing anything at all. Politics is politcs, after all.

    --Kyle

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  4. Anonymous3 December 2004 at 12:33

    After all, sometimes it's easier to smile and nod when dealing with someone who's pig-headed on an issue. Arguing is futile, but seeming to agree and then doing nothing about it is easy.

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  5. laura k3 December 2004 at 12:33

    Right. Makes sense. I'm sure very few Canadians would want to see it actually happen.

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