Canadians look beyond America
FOR THE FIRST TIME in decades, Canadians are more likely to hold a negative view of the U.S. than positive. According to a survey by the Environics Institute, it’s the lowest ever with only 44 per cent saying that they hold a positive view of the U.S.
It didn’t happen overnight, says Doug Saunders:
“It is not a subtle drift – Canadians were overwhelmingly positive about the United States as recently as 2016, until Donald Trump’s inauguration put a majority into the anti-American column. The proportion of Canadians who see the United States as ‘a negative force in today’s world’ is now almost six in 10, a 12 per cent rise over 2008, making America by far the most negative country in the eyes of Canadians (Globe and Mail, April 16).”
Canadians see the U.S. even more negatively than even North Korea which is second at 46 per cent.