Many Canadians take into account their southern neighbor “unfriendly” amid tensions over President Trump’s commerce insurance policies, in accordance with a brand new survey.
In the YouGov survey, 44 p.c of respondents stated the U.S. is “unfriendly” when requested in the event that they see the nation as “an ally or an enemy of Canada.” Fifteen p.c stated the U.S. is an “ally,” 10 p.c known as it “pleasant,” 20 p.c known as it an “enemy” and 11 p.c stated they have been “unsure.”
Tensions between longtime allies U.S. and Canada have risen in latest months amid Trump’s upset of the worldwide commerce order.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said last week that negotiations with Trump on the U.S.-Canada financial and safety relationships will begin after the Canadian federal election later this month.
“As President Trump and I’ve agreed, the U.S. President and the Canadian Prime Minister will begin negotiations on a brand new financial and safety relationship instantly following the Federal election,” Carney stated on the social platform X.
The YouGov survey additionally discovered that 61 p.c of respondents stated they’d began to boycott American firms. Thirty-two p.c stated they’d not began any type of boycotting, and seven p.c stated they have been “unsure.”
A survey launched late final month discovered 17 p.c of U.S. adults backing Canada turning into the U.S.’s 51st state, an concept Trump has raised a number of occasions in latest months.
The YouGov survey came about from March 27 to April 2, that includes 993 individuals and a margin of error of three.1 proportion factors.
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