
Number of Canadians with favourable view of U.S. has fallen, poll suggests
WASHINGTON — Amid months of tariffs and taunts from U.S. President Donald Trump, a new poll suggests the percentage of Canadians who have a favourable view of the United States has fallen and is now on par with the number who think positively about China.
The survey by the Pew Research Center suggests one-third of Canadians — 34 per cent — now have a favourable view of the United States. It marks a 20 percentage point decrease from last year.
The same percentage of Canadians had favourable views of China — a 13 point increase.
“For the last few years … many people have preferred the U.S. to China by a sizable margin,” said Laura Silver, associate director of global attitudes research at the Washington-based research centre.