According to Harris/Decima Chairman Allan Gregg “We know from past findings that Canadians are expressing increasing misgivings about the Canadian mission in Afghanistan. In fact in one of our polls two weeks ago, we had as many Canadians expressing a desire to leave immediately as were willing to stay till 2010, with only the smallest minority prepared to see the mission extended beyond that date. Mr Colvin's revelations can only add to this unease. Indeed with 7 out of 10 declaring that prisoners should not be handed over if its likely they'll be tortured, his testimony seems to tap into a fairly widespread Canadian sensibility. Not surprisingly then we also see a majority of Canadians, across all demographic groups, accepting the diplomat's word over his Government detractors who have been trying to attack his credibility."