US President Donald Trump’s introductory threats and talking about making Canada State 51 made Canadians angry – very angry.
A new survey conducted by Epsu for Global News found that 68 percent of the Canadians included in the survey believed less than the United States as a country, after Trump threatened the Canadian economy by 25 percent of the effect this week, before a temporary stop.
Nearly half of the respondents, 46 percent, said they strongly believed this negative perception.
“What surprised me is the severity of the responses,” said Sean Simpson, Vice President of IPSOS Affairs.
He said that the large number of people who express strong opinions means “this is not an idea that they may act or not work on. This is something that they intend to follow. Vacanic feelings.”
According to the survey, two -thirds of the Canadians say they will avoid buying goods in the United States to move forward, as a “Canadian purchase” movement grows in response to Trump’s economic threats.
A similar number said they would avoid traveling to the United States, where 45 percent said they felt strongly on their decision.
Simpson said that the anger towards the United States was stronger among the respondents between the ages of 55 years or more who had a deeper historical understanding of the bilateral relationship, after watching the past two American presidents with Canada.
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He said: “All these agreements are placed in a state of chaos at Donald Trump’s feet.” “They are the elderly say,” Oh my God, what is happening here? “
He pointed out that the oldest Canadians are more vulnerable to snow who live in the United States part -time, making their decision to cancel travel south of the border.
The poll also spoke to the economic insecurity created by Trump’s threats between Canadians. Nearly 60 percent of those surveyed said that their personal financial situation would suffer due to Trump’s actions.
Sixty per cent said that they want the federal government to create a “major” support program, similar to those launched during the Covid-19 pandemic, to support workers affected by American definitions and retaliatory measures from Canada.
Federal officials It has announced an operation for the affected companies To request an “exceptional relief” before Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reached a deal on Monday, it stopped tariffs for 30 days. This stopping means that the relief program, as well as revenge definitions, was also suspended.
While the positions towards the United States were more clear, Canadians show a division of whether political leaders at home will be able to “manage” Trump. Less than half responded positively, while 38 percent said that they are somewhat different or not agreed.
This lack of resounding confidence is not only reflects Trudo but also the candidates for the liberal leadership compete to replace it – as well as conservative leader Pierre Boelifer, whose party is still in opinion polls in the elections, but with a narrow margin.
“At the present time, it seems that the polling question is moving to who is the best ability to deal with Canadian -American relations,” Daril Bricker, CEO of IPSOS affairs, told Global News.
Simpson pointed out that the support of political leaders is higher in Ontario, where the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party Doug Ford is re -elected as the Prime Minister. Ford said that his sudden electoral call is to secure a stronger authorization to protect the boycott from Trump’s tariff threats.
Political support is the lowest in Western provinces such as Alberta, which Simpson said that Simpson reflects the continuous negative opinions there for the liberal liberal government.
He said: “This will be a decisive question for all our leaders to establish themselves as a better person to deal with Donald Trump, if anyone can.”
These are some of the results that are conducted in the IPSOS survey between January 30 and February 3, 2025, on behalf of Global News. For this poll, a sample of 1000 Canadians between the ages of 18 years was interviewed online. Classes and weighting have been used to ensure that the composition of the sample reflects those in the Canadian population according to the census standards. IPSOS surveys is measured by online using credibility separation. In this case, the survey is accurate at the limits of ± 3.8 percentage points, 19 times out of 20, all Canadians between the ages of 18 were surveyed. The interval for credibility will be broader among the sub -groups of the population. All sample surveys and surveys may undergo other error sources, including, but not limited to, coverage error, and analogy.
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