Topic Scope

Yes Lee, in addition to providing survey response options of strongly agree, agree, neutral,,disagree and strongly disagree we should offer another possible response option of ‘unsure’ or ‘not enough information to answer.’ As River mentioned, it will allow us to gage how confident Canadians are about their foreign policy knowledge. There is a difference after all between ignorance/lack of knowledge and indifference/neutral on subject matter.

Furthermore, regarding the scope, I agree with Ari that we should focus on military success and troop withdrawal to highlight Canada’s international actions and influence abroad. However, Karli maybe on to something for another future survey. Questions addressing Veteran’s Medical Care for example (a topic for Canadians at home) may receive greater feedback or stronger answers because of canadian's closer proximity to the issue and this may influence their emotional connection to the military and responses in turn.