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   This is the party that's been bragging about how much money they have in   
   campaign contributions going into the election.  Look whose pocket they   
   reached into to support their last bit of bigotry . . . .   
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   -- Canadian Press | Sep 24, 2015   
      
   Federally funded polling on niqabs released ahead of crucial debate   
       
   Results of a taxpayer-funded poll that suggest there is wide support for the   
   Conservative position on banning veils during citizenship ceremonies were   
   publicly released Thursday ahead of a federal election debate where the niqab   
   is expected to be an    
   issue.   
      
   It's the latest survey to suggest strong support for such a ban.   
      
   The Privy Council poll found Quebecers in particular were overwhelmingly   
   supportive of the idea and that's the province where all five party leaders   
   were to debate a variety of topics Thursday evening.   
      
   Conservative Leader Stephen Harper and Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe   
   find common ground on the niqab ban in Quebec, with Duceppe prepared to invoke   
   the constitutional notwithstanding clause to protect eventual legislation to   
   ban the niqab.  The    
   other three leaders support the right of people to wear veils during the oath.   
      
   The polling results were released Thursday because of federal law requires all   
   final reports of public opinion research paid for by taxpayers to be published   
   within six months of data collection.  The Privy Council -- the bureaucracy   
   serving the prime    
   minister -- conducted the survey in March.   
      
   While the niqab ban wound up being part of the election narrative due to a   
   Federal Court of Appeal ruling last that week upheld a February Federal Court   
   decision declaring the rule unlawful, it's flared up several times in recent   
   months.   
      
   The Privy Council Office poll was conducted by Leger between March 12 and 25.   
   The calls to 3,000 Canadians were made the week after the Conservatives filed   
   their appeal of the Federal Court decision.  Right before the survey began,   
   Harper had called the    
   niqab a product of a culture that is anti-woman, while Liberal Leader Justin   
   Trudeau had given a major speech on liberty in politics.   
      
   Participants in the survey were asked "do you support or oppose a requirement   
   that people show their face during Canadian citizenship ceremonies?"   
      
   Eighty-two per cent of those surveyed supported the requirement, 15 per cent   
   opposed and four per cent didn't know or refused to answer.  Support was   
   highest in Quebec at 93 per cent and lowest in B.C. at 72 per cent.  Reasons   
   for support were varied,    
   with the most common answer in the poll being the need for identification.   
      
   The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 1.8 percentage points, 19   
   times out of 20.   
      
   In 12 focus groups conducted at the same time, participants gave more context   
   to why they supported the ban.   
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   The survey also sheds some light on Canadians' point of view on other hot   
   button issues likely to surface during the leaders debate on foreign policy on   
   Monday.   
      
   The findings suggested half of those polled oppose Canada sending weapons or   
   supplies to the Ukrainian government to assist in its struggle with Russia,   
   though 50 per cent support sending Canadian soldiers to train Ukrainian forces.   
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   Less than half of respondents supported the idea that Canada "should do   
   everything possible to prevent the threat of ISIL, even if it means putting   
   Canadian troops on the ground in Iraq." Only 44 per cent agreed with that,   
   with 30 per cent opposed.  [- -    
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   The entire study cost taxpayers $133,026.04   
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   Lest we forget:   
      
    Dec 20 2012   
   Supreme Court niqab ruling: Veil can be worn to testify in some cases   
      
   and   
      
   Sep 15, 2015   
   Niqab ban at citizenship ceremonies unlawful, as Ottawa loses appeal   
      
   Appeal Court rules so woman has chance to take oath and vote on Oct. 19   
      
      
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