Ipsos Reid polled citizens of 26 countries about security threats and released the results at the Halifax security conference on this weekend. Here’s the Canada-only results from that poll:
- 64% in Canada support the international coalition’s airstrikes against ISIL.
- 37% feel the international coalitions airstrikes against ISIL will eliminate them as a serious threat to peace
- 62% believe it is good for the world that the United States feels it has a special responsibility to assist countries or peoples when they are confronted by military aggressors
- 82% say that over the last year the world has become more dangerous
- 62% believe that Canada being involved in an armed conflict with another nation over the next 12 months is a real threat.
- 60% agree that given the dangers in the world, their government needs to spend more on their country’s military…
- 67% expect in the next 25 years we could see another world conflict involving superpower similar to World Wars 1 and 2
What are the threats you are most concerned about? (+/- compared to the same question asked last year)
- 62% – Armed conflict with another country. (+23)
- 62% – Major health epidemic in Canada (+15)
- 57% – Personal data compromised via e-mail or Internet (-10)
- 51% – Nuclear or chemical attack somewhere else in the world. (-18)
- 48% – Terrorist attack in Canada (+1)
- 42% – Major natural disaster in Canada (-15)
- 31% – Violation of personal or family member’s safety (-8)
- 29% – Violent ethnic conflit in Canada (-9)
Fear is big business.
Congratulations on such a great sales campaign