Canada: Screwed Up View of Afghanistan

In your view, is the Canadian mission in Afghanistan...

A peace mission	29%
A war mission	53%
Not sure	18%

Do you agree or disagree with the following statements:

	Agree	Disagree	Not sure
The Harper government has effectively explained the mission in Afghanistan	27%	54%	18%
Canada is shouldering too much of the burden of NATO’s mission in Afghanistan	65%	18%	18%
Canada should withdraw its troops from Afghanistan before their mandate ends in February 2009	46%	41%	14%
The Afghan people are clearly benefiting from Canadian efforts in their country	47%	20%	32%

Source: Angus Reid Strategies
Methodology: Online interviews with 1,069 Canadian adults, conducted on Feb. 20 and Feb. 21, 2007. Margin of error is 2.9 per cent.