Canadians Wish to Cede Afghanistan Back to Al-Qaeda

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

	Apr. 2007	Feb. 2007
A peace mission	31%	29%
A war mission	57%	53%
Not sure	12%	18%

Do you agree or disagree with the following statements:

	Agree	Disagree	Not sure
The Harper government has effectively explained the mission in Afghanistan	23%	61%	16%
Canada is shouldering too much of the burden of NATO’s mission in Afghanistan	64%	19%	17%
Canada should withdraw its troops from Afghanistan before their mandate ends in February 2009	52%	34%	14%
The Afghan people are clearly benefiting from Canadian efforts in their country	38%	29%	33%

Source: Angus Reid Strategies
Methodology: Online interviews with 1,009 Canadian adults, conducted on Apr. 19 and Apr. 20, 2007. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.