If you get in hot water overseas, will Canada have your back?

Well, according to a newly released Angus Reid national opinion poll, you shouldn't hold your breath.

Only half of all Canucks believe the Canadian government would come to their aid if they were arrested in a foreign country.

Hmmm. Guess our tax dollars aren't really worth all the trouble. I mean it is kind of mucky work dealing with international laws and leaders and all that hoopla.

Anyway, back to the study, which found that 27 per cent said they weren't sure if the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) would help them out.

While the poll found that most regions feel that DFAIT would offer no help, some areas take the skepticism to new levels. Turns out 62 per cent of Albertans and 65 per cent of Atlantic Canadians believe there isn't a chance the Canuck government would provide assistance.

Ah, isn't it nice to feel so secure? Backed by a country that loves us?

No wonder countries around the world describe us as such nice people ... it's not that we're nice, we're just too damn afraid to piss anybody off in case we wind up in the slammer of some foreign country and get left there to rot.
I don't know about you but I feel all warm and fuzzy inside.