Head Down or Elbows Up? Canadians divided whether Carney can deliver a trade deal with Trump -
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Three-in-five say gov’t should take a hard line in negotiations (63%), other prefer soft approach (37%) July 15, 2025 – Another day, another tariff threat from the Trump administration. This time, U.S. President Donald Trump suggested in a letter that Canada will be subject to a 35-per-cent tariff on all goods by Aug. 1. For...

ALT text: There’s a figure in the post body taken from the Angus Reid poll link. It’s a clustered bar graph outlining Canadians’ preference for the government to take a “soft” versus “hard” approach in trade negotiations with Trump, given their vote in the 2025 federal election. Amongst Liberal, NDP, and Bloc voters 76-78% favour a “hard” approach with Trump, compared to only 46% of Conservative voters

  • enkers@sh.itjust.works
    19·
    6 days ago

    Divided? Only the CPC seem to be divided. Everyone else is firmly in favour of elbows up.

    I always thought Conservatives were supposed to be more nationalistic, but it seems they’re happy to believe another country’s populist. I wish all the wannabe Americans would self-deport, but the US won’t take em.

    • Archangel1313@lemmy.ca
      5·
      6 days ago

      It would be hilarious to see them all get deported to some random foreign country just for trying, though,