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Canadians are overwhelmingly in favour of mandatory national service for young adults but are less united about what form that service should take, a new survey has found.  The survey, produced by the non-profit Angus Reid Institute, asked a group of Canadians if they supported the idea of mandatory national service – that is, one year of time donated for those younger than 30 years of age – across a number of fields. Many nations including Germany, France and Norway have instituted this practice in recent years. Respondents were overwhelmingly in favour of Canada adopting the practice...