Polling

Country Split as to Whether Iraqi People Will View U.S. Coalition As Liberators (48%) or Enemies (45%)

Canadians Divided on Length of War in Iraq - Half (47%)Believe Coalition Will Accomplish Regime Change by End of April, While Other Half (48%) Disagree -- 30%Say It Will Take More Than a Year
Majority (54%) Of Canadians Do Not Believe Iraq Will Be a Thriving Democracy 5 Years After the War
Nine in Ten (88%) Say Casualty Count Will Be High

Regional Differences Offer Sharp Contrasts

Now That War Has Started Majority (59%) of Canadians Glad Country Decided To Stay Out - But 45% Say Canada Should Now Join Military Effort

While Two-Thirds (67%) Say That Not Siding with United States Shows Canada as Independent on the World Stage, Half (47%) Feel We've Turned Our Back on Closest Friend, and Six in Ten (61%)Say Decision Will Have Serious Economic Consequences For Canada

Approval (56%) of Prime Minister's Handling of Iraq Situation Declines 10 Points In Week

Seven in Ten (69% versus 30%) Say Canada Should Stay Out of the Conflict

Majority (52% versus 45%) Oppose US Lead Military Action Against Iraq

Majority (54% versus 41%)Say President Doing Wrong Thing Regarding Iraq

Six in Ten (59%) Oppose American Military Action Outside of UN

Country Split as to American Attack (48%) Next Week or More Time (49%) In Offing Due to UN Pressure

Majority (51%) of Canadians - Up from 45% Last Week - Now Say United Nations Has Enough Evidence to Authorise Military Action Against Iraq

However, Canadians (62%) Continue to Feel Country Should Support Allowing More Time in Iraq for UN Inspectors

Six in Ten (62%) Say Canada Should Only Provide Military Assistance if Action is Authorised by United Nations

But Majority (55%) Agrees if Iraq Does Not Provide Evidence, Military Action Should Be Taken

Half (52%) Don't Believe United Nations Currently Has Enough Evidence to Authorise Military Action - Even Though Only 21% Believes Iraq Has Destroyed It's Weapons of Mass Destruction

Six in Ten (58%) Approve of Prime Minister's Handling of Iraq Situation

Six in Ten (60%) Say Canada Should Only Provide Military Assistance If UN Authorises Action

Majority of 14 Countries Polled Want Leaders To Be Less Supportive of American Positions

Only (40%) Approve of United States Taking Military Action to Oust Saddam Hussein

Two-Thirds (64%) Say Canada Should Provide Military Assistance Only Via UN, 15% Say with U.S. on its Own

Telling the Truth: Weapons of Mass Destruction, Who Canadians Believe, Their Views on the Bush Administration, Americans and the Threat to World Peace