Two thirds of Canadians support sending our troops to countries such as Poland if Russia invades, according to a new Postmedia-Leger poll.

“You’d like to think that this is really kind of a super hypothetical pie-in-the-sky kind of question. But unfortunately, crazy things are happening all around the world,” Andrew Enns, Leger’s executive vice-president for Central Canada, said Thursday.

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Support is lower among women, at 56 per cent, and higher among men, at 76 per cent of those polled. Only 16 per cent of Canadians would oppose the deployment.

“You see a real gender divide on this question; it’s quite stark,” Enns said.

“Women, historically, have always been on the more peace side versus war side. The maternal instincts kick in, and I think that probably plays a bi

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