OTTAWA (CP) - Canadians are giving Prime Minister Paul Martin an overwhelming thumbs up for his refusal to join the U.S. missile defence project, a new poll suggests.
The numbers offer some vindication for Martin as he heads into a meeting Wednesday with U.S. President George W. Bush armed with Canadian public sentiment on his side. The prime minister angered the White House and drew scorn from critics at home, but two-thirds of poll respondents - 57 per cent compared to 26 per cent - supported him, according to the survey by Decima Inc.
A Canada-U.S.-Mexico summit in Texas will be the first meeting between Martin and Bush since last month, when the prime minister tried informing the president of his decision and waited days before having his phone call returned.
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The Decima poll indicates Martin would have flown into a public opinion hurricane had he decided to take part in Bush's missile program.
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http://www.canada.com/news/national/story.html?id=e5945e79-7c19-40f8-bc41-af8a1146c6e8(The poll also shows it is bush that is the problem not the US as a whole which shoots down the 'anti-US' crap spewed by the likes of Hannity and Limbaugh.)