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Viewing cable 03HALIFAX91, CANADIAN PUBLIC OPINION ON THE IRAQ WAR:

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03HALIFAX91 2003-03-26 21:17 2011-04-28 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Consulate Halifax
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 HALIFAX 0091 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED 
 
DEPT FOR WHA/CAN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PGOV ASEC KPAO CA US
SUBJECT:  CANADIAN PUBLIC OPINION ON THE IRAQ WAR: 
THE VIEW FROM ATLANTIC CANADA 
 
REF:  HALIFAX 0086 
 
1.  SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - ENTIRE TEXT. 
 
2.  (SBU) CANADIANS IN THE ATLANTIC PROVINCES, MOST OF WHOM 
CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO HAVE A STAUNCHLY PRO-U.S. WORLD VIEW ON 
MOST ISSUES, ARE DEEPLY DIVIDED OVER THE WAR IN IRAQ.   IN 
DISCUSSIONS DURING THE PAST WEEK WITH A WIDE RANGE OF PEOPLE 
INCLUDING THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT 
MINISTERS, LOCAL NEWSPAPER EDITORS, A POLITICAL POLLSTER, 
BUSINESSPEOPLE, AND SOME OF OUR KEY MILITARY CONTACTS HERE, CG 
HAS GOTTEN THE IMPRESSION OF A PROFOUNDLY CONFLICTED PUBLIC. 
HALIFAX AND OTHER KEY ATLANTIC CITIES HAVE FAIRLY VOCAL STUDENT 
GROUPS AT THE MAJOR UNIVERSITIES WHICH HAVE BEEN OUTSPOKEN IN 
CRITICIZING THE WAR, AND WHICH HAVE ORGANIZED A NUMBER OF ANTI- 
WAR DEMONSTRATIONS (REFTEL) SINCE THE MILITARY CAMPAIGN STARTED. 
BUT THESE DEMONSTRATIONS HAVE ONLY DRAWN PROTESTERS IN THE 
HUNDREDS, NOT THE THOUSANDS OR EVEN TENS OF THOUSANDS THAT HAVE 
MARCHED ACROSS OTHER, LARGER CANADIAN CITIES.   OF COURSE, 
HALIFAX IS A MEDIUM-SIZED PROVINCIAL TOWN WITH A SMALLER 
POPULATION THAN TORONTO OR MONTREAL, BUT THE LUKEWARM RESPONSE 
TO THE ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT REFLECTS DEEPER EMOTIONS HERE. 
 
3. (SBU) OUR CONTACTS SAY THAT MOST ATLANTIC CANADIANS HAVE 
SERIOUS RESERVATIONS ABOUT ANY POLICY POSITION DICTATED FROM 
OTTAWA THAT PUTS CANADA AT ODDS WITH THE UNITED STATES.  THIS 
PART OF CANADA IS PROUD OF THE FACT THAT IT HAS CLOSE TIES OF 
HISTORY, FAMILY, TRADE, AND CULTURE TO THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED 
STATES.  ALTHOUGH MANY PEOPLE SHARE THE ANTI-WAR ACTIVISTQSQ 
CONCERNS OVER THE UTILITY AND TIMING OF THIS MILITARY CAMPAIGN 
AND OVER THE PERCEPTION THAT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IS ACTING 
UNILATERALLY WITHOUT U.N. SANCTION, A STRONG CURRENT WITHIN 
LOCAL OPINION MAINTAINS THAT, NOW THAT THE WAR HAS BEGUN, FOR 
BETTER OR WORSE, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR CANADA TO STAND BESIDE ITS 
U.S. ALLY.  MANY ATLANTIC CANADIANS BELIEVE THAT THE 
DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES OVER WHETHER TO INITIATE 
MILITARY ACTION WAS ESSENTIALLY A DISPUTE OVER TACTICS, NOT OVER 
THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF ENDING THE INTERNATIONAL THREAT POSED BY AN 
OUTLAW REGIME IN BAGHDAD.    TACTICAL DIFFERENCES, THEY ARGUE, 
SHOULD NOT BE THE CAUSE A SERIOUS RIFT BETWEEN TWO LONGSTANDING 
PARTNERS. 
 
4. (SBU) AMBASSADOR CELLUCCIQS PUBLIC REMARKS YESTERDAY TO THE 
EFFECT THAT AMERICANS ARE DISAPPOINTED WITH CANADAQS FAILURE TO 
SUPPORT THE WAR HAVE GIVEN MANY ATLANTIC CANADIANS A JOLT. 
ALTHOUGH SOME DO APPEAR TO FEEL INSULTED AT SUCH CRITICISM, MANY 
OF OUR CONTACTS HAVE QUIETLY TOLD US THAT THEY BELIEVE THE 
AMBASSADOR WAS RIGHT TO EXPRESS HIS CONCERNS AND TO WARN OF THE 
POSSIBILITY THAT THERE MIGHT BE LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES IN THE 
BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP.   WHILE PEOPLE HERE ARE WORRIED ABOUT 
THE RAMIFICATIONS OF U.S. ACTIONS, THERE IS ALSO A PALPABLE 
DISCONTENTMENT WITH THE ACTIONS AND STATEMENTS OF PM CHRETIEN 
AND HIS GOVERNMENT.    ATLANTIC CANADIANS BELIEVE THAT CROSS- 
BORDER COMMERCE AND TOURISM ARE VITAL TO THIS REGION, AND MANY 
FEAR THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS ADOPTING POSITIONS THAT 
COULD JEOPARDIZE THESE ESSENTIAL BILATERAL RELATIONS. 
 
 5. (SBU) PUBLIC OPINION IN THE ATLANTIC PROVINCES TENDS TO BE 
MORE CONSERVATIVE THAN ELSEWHERE IN CANADA, PARTLY BECAUSE 
HALIFAX IS HOME TO THE CANADIAN NAVYQS ATLANTIC FLEET AND TO 
MANY MILITARY FAMILIES WHICH HOLD THE U.S. MILITARY FORCES IN 
HIGH REGARD.  REAR ADMIRAL GLENN DAVIDSON, COMMANDER OF CANADIAN 
NAVAL FORCES HERE, CONFIDED TO CG TODAY THAT THERE IS FAIRLY 
STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE WAR WITHIN THE MILITARY SERVICES.  MANY 
OF HIS NAVY OFFICERS AND ENLISTED PERSONNEL FEEL THAT THEY 
SHOULD BE PART OF THE WAR EFFORT.  ACCORDING TO RADM DAVIDSON, 
THE CANADIAN MILITARY ATTACHES THE HIGHEST IMPORTANCE TO 
DEVELOPING ITS "INTEROPERABILITY" AND COOPERATION WITH THE U.S. 
MILITARY SERVICES, AND MANY MILITARY PEOPLE HERE FEAR THAT 
CANADAQS REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE IN IRAQ WILL DAMAGE THAT CLOSE 
BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP IN THE FUTURE. 
 
6. (SBU) THE HEAD OF A WELL-ESTABLISHED PUBLIC OPINION POLLING 
ORGANIZATION IN NOVA SCOTIA TOLD CG THAT A MAJORITY OF CANADIANS 
IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY ARE PREPARED TO SET ASIDE THEIR 
QUALMS ABOUT THE U.S. DECISION AND ARE LEANING TOWARDS SUPPORT 
FOR THE U.S. WAR EFFORT, NOW THAT HOSTILITIES HAVE BEGUN.  IN 
HIS VIEW, OTTAWA COULD EASILY MOVE PUBLIC OPINION IN THIS 
DIRECTION IF IT CHOSE TO DO SO.  HE COMMENTED THAT THERE MAY BE 
MORE PRO-U.S. SENTIMENT IN OTHER PARTS OF CANADA THAN CURRENTLY 
APPEARS TO BE CASE, BUT IT IS DIFFICULT TO TELL BECAUSE THOSE 
OPPOSED TO THE WAR TEND TO SPEAK THE LOUDEST AND GET THE MOST 
MEDIA ATTENTION. 
KASHKETT