Most Canadians want to strike back at U.S. with tariffs: poll

A majority of Canadians also say they’ve cut back on American products and services, including groceries, fast food and streaming services

A majority of Canadians support retaliatory tariffs against the United States, according to a new survey.

Per a Leger poll, 45 percent of Canadians said they are “strongly” in favour of such tariffs, while 25 percent said they are “somewhat” in favour of them. The survey also outlined some other ways that Canadians are considering pushing back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated threats to impose tariffs on Canadian goods:

68 percent said they’re now buying more Canadian products
63 percent said they are now buying fewer American products in stores, with 62 percent saying they’ve done the same online
52 percent said they’re buying less from Amazon
50 percent said they’ve reduced purchases from American fast food chains
43 percent said they’re shopping less at U.S.-based retailers
30 percent said they’ve cancelled planned trips to the U.S.
19 percent said they’ve cancelled a subscription to a U.S. streaming service

Overall, 27 percent of respondents say they now view the U.S. as an “enemy.”

The Leger poll was conducted online between February 14th and 17th and surveyed 1,500 Canadians. It should be noted that online polls can’t be assigned a margin of error because they don’t randomly sample the population.

On February 3rd, Trump agreed to pause tariffs on Canada for 30 days after a call with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Trump has long maintained the tariffs, which the U.S. is also planning to impose on Mexico, are intended to pressure Canada to address American concerns about drug trafficking and illegal immigration. However, this also comes as Trump has repeatedly expressed his fascist desire for Canada to become the “51st state,” which Trudeau believes is a “real thing” after talking with him. Trump also said he wants to use “economic force” to make Canada a U.S. state.

For now, though, we are also waiting to see what the ever-petulant U.S. president has to say after he made boastful posts about the Four Nations hockey game only for Canada to defeat the U.S. 3-2.

Have you responded to Trump’s tariff threats with any retaliatory measures similar to — or different from — those made by the polled Canadians? Let us know in the comments.

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Via: CTV News

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