Uh....why not say half of Canadians do NOT want reduction in Tory military spending.......
Half of Canadians want reduction in Tory military spending: poll
STEVEN CHASE Exclusive to Globe and Mail Update September 24, 2008 at 5:34 PM EDT
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WINNIPEG — Half of Canadians want to scale back the Harper Conservatives' plan to boost military spending by $490-billion over two decades, a new poll suggests.
By comparison, 27 per cent of those surveyed favour continuing with the plan and 11.2 per cent want to enrich it further.
The findings by Nanos Research reveal an apparent undercurrent of dissatisfaction with Tory intentions to hike the defence budget – unease that has so far received scant attention during the federal election campaign.
The polling, conducted for the Rideau Institute, an advocacy group that opposes Canada's participation in the Afghanistan war, found that 51.8 per cent of Canadians surveyed agreed that the next federal government should “reduce its planned spending on purchasing new equipment and the war.”
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Half of Canadians want reduction in Tory military spending: poll
STEVEN CHASE Exclusive to Globe and Mail Update September 24, 2008 at 5:34 PM EDT
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WINNIPEG — Half of Canadians want to scale back the Harper Conservatives' plan to boost military spending by $490-billion over two decades, a new poll suggests.
By comparison, 27 per cent of those surveyed favour continuing with the plan and 11.2 per cent want to enrich it further.
The findings by Nanos Research reveal an apparent undercurrent of dissatisfaction with Tory intentions to hike the defence budget – unease that has so far received scant attention during the federal election campaign.
The polling, conducted for the Rideau Institute, an advocacy group that opposes Canada's participation in the Afghanistan war, found that 51.8 per cent of Canadians surveyed agreed that the next federal government should “reduce its planned spending on purchasing new equipment and the war.”
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