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[–] streetfestival@lemmy.ca 19 points 3 weeks ago

The source of data for the part of the headline telling readers what their nation has already decided

At least seven in 10 people responding to a recent Angus Reid poll supported the idea of one year of mandatory public service for Canadians under 30 — things like tutoring kids or working in national parks. Mandatory military service, however, was more divisive, with 43 per cent in support and 44 per cent opposed.

With the ongoing and relatively unaddressed affordability and housing crises in Canada, these had better be pretty well-compensated. Maybe just focus on expanding public services to face the myriad challenges facing our society devastated by neoliberalism