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CTV News
3 days ago
- Business
- CTV News
‘From very bad to bad': Latest Nanos poll shows Canadians' views of Americans slightly improving
Watch Nanos Research founder Nik Nanos on what the latest polling says about Canadians' views of Americans and how long they'll boycott U.S. goods and travel.
Bloomberg
11-07-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Trump's Trade War Pushes Some Canadians to Turn Sour on US Stocks
Canadians have been shunning US products as a result of President Donald Trump's trade war. Now there's evidence some also want to see fewer US stocks in their retirement accounts and pensions funds. Almost half of Canadians — 47% — believe pension managers should be reducing their holdings of American assets, according to a new poll by Nanos Research for Bloomberg News. Just 9% said they think funds should increase their allocations to the US.
CTV News
11-07-2025
- Business
- CTV News
Canadians see U.S. boycotts as temporary, but may outlast Trump White House: survey
People participate in a rally in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to Canadian sovereignty, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Sunday, March 9, 2025. (Justin Tang/THE CANADIAN PRESS) New data from Nanos Research shows that most surveyed Canadians view their boycotts on U.S. goods and travel as temporary, but nearly half say they'll outlast the Trump White House. Conducted on behalf of CTV News earlier this month, 1,047 Canadian adults were surveyed on a variety of topics relevant to U.S. President Donald Trump's ongoing trade war, from automotive tariffs and defence spending, to nationwide boycotts that have battered U.S. tourism, alcohol and other industries. Asked when they expect the 'Elbows Up' boycotts to end, roughly three in four respondents said they would end eventually, with 47 per cent predicting an endpoint after Trump's time in office ends, and 28 per cent saying they would end before he departs the Oval Office. Only 16 per cent of those surveyed viewed the boycotts as permanent, and nine per cent indicated they weren't sure. By demographic group, male respondents were more likely to predict an end to the boycotts during Trump's second term (one in three), and Canadians aged 55 or older were twice as likely as those from 18 to 34 to call the boycotts permanent (22 per cent, versus nine). Regionally, respondents in Quebec and Atlantic Canada skewed more toward permanent boycotts, while those in the Prairies were the most likely to predict a return to normal consumer practices within the next four years. Boycotts mounted earlier this year amid the arrival of Trump's sweeping 25 per cent tariffs on most Canadian imports. In the time since, amid erratic rounds of delay, retreat and escalation of tariffs from both countries, Canadians have increasingly turned their attention away from U.S. travel destinations and consumer products. Earlier this year, amid the uncertainty brought by the trade war, some automakers announced temporary plant shutdowns and layoffs – a move that hasn't gone unnoticed by Canadian consumers. Among respondents to the Nanos survey, more than half said they were at least somewhat less likely to purchase a car from a manufacturer that shut down Canadian production. Meanwhile, Canadian federal and regional leaders have prioritized breaking down interprovincial trade barriers to promote domestic business development, though third-party research shows mixed signals on how much that will boost Canada's economy. As of Monday, the Prime Minister's Office has said it continues to work toward a July 21 deadline to strike a new, bilateral trade agreement with the United States. This week, the Trump administration announced the president would delay deadlines for trade deals with more than a dozen other countries, not including Canada, to Aug. 1, and threatened yet new potential tariffs of 50 per cent on copper and up to 200 per cent on pharmaceuticals. Copper tariffs are expected to activate as soon as August, but Trump has mentioned giving drug makers as much as a year to 'get their act together' before imposing levies on pharmaceuticals. Canadians favour more defence spending Also asked in the July survey were questions about Canada's national defence spending and strategy. In recent weeks, Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced that Canada will meet its NATO obligation to spend two per cent of GDP on defence by the end of this fiscal year, and will further increase that proportion to five per cent by 2035. A sizable 84 per cent of respondents to the Nanos survey supported increasing Canada's defence spending at least to two per cent, with 32 per cent favouring the five per cent benchmark. Increased spending has seen growing popularity in recent years, while the proportion of Canadian respondents favouring the same or less defence spending has fallen to 12 per cent from a peak of 31 in March 2024, Nanos data shows. Spending increases were most popular in the Prairies and least in British Columbia and Atlantic Canada. Older Canadians and men were also more likely to support an increase to at least two per cent of GDP, compared to women and younger Canadians. Nationwide, Canadians also showed substantial support for the prime minister's recent move toward participating in ReArm Europe, an international defence procurement program. Three in four respondents felt the deal would bring either a positive or somewhat positive impact, with only nine per cent giving a negative or somewhat negative response. Positive sentiments were more pronounced in Quebec and Atlantic Canada, as well as among men and older Canadians. Methodology Nanos Research conducted an RDD dual-frame survey over the phone and online between July 2 and 6, 2025, among a sample of 1,047 Canadian adults. The firm says its survey results carry a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points, 19 times out of 20, and that results were weighted by age, gender and region using the latest census information to represent the Canadian population. With files from The Canadian Press
Bloomberg
07-07-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Canadians' Job Security Gets Shakier as Trade War Harms Growth
Canadians are becoming less optimistic about their job prospects as the economy struggles to find momentum. The percentage of Canadians who believe their jobs are 'secure' or 'somewhat secure' has fallen below 60% for the first time in more than a year, according to polling for Bloomberg News by Nanos Research. About 30% say they're unsure, the biggest proportion since 2023.
Edmonton Journal
06-07-2025
- Politics
- Edmonton Journal
Seatless Poilievre rustles up leadership support among Stampede faithful
Article content He may have been rejected by voters in his own Ottawa riding but a Saturday evening Stampede week audience seemed ready to put Pierre Poilievre back in the Conservative leadership saddle. Article content The sold-out barbecue crowd courted by Poilievre at Heritage Park ended a day of political glad-handing among urban cowpokes by all the federal leaders and their provincial counterparts. Article content Article content Article content Article content In a campaign-style speech not unlike those he delivered last April ahead of the federal election lost by his Conservatives, Poilievre made his argument that he remains his party's best hope at the helm — and the 1,200 who gathered for beef and politics seemed receptive. Article content 'We don't back down and we don't run away when things get hard — we dust ourselves and get back in the saddle,' he told his supporters who delivered two standing ovations. Article content Poilievre wasted little time in taking shots at his nemesis, Prime Minister Mark Carney, by noting his shakiness earlier in the day flipping pancakes at a Stampede breakfast. Article content 'He couldn't figure out whether his elbows were up or down,' said Poilievre, digging on accusations Carney's decision to honour a demand by U.S. President Donald Trump that Canada drop a digital service tax. 'With his great talks with Trump, he's had much experience flip-flopping.' Article content Article content Poilievre avoided any words directly sympathetic to a separatist movement in Alberta but did suggest Albertans disillusioned with Ottawa have reason to be. Article content 'I'll use the platform of leader of the opposition to amplify the legitimate demands of western Canada to end the unfair treatment,' he said. Article content 'The era of Ottawa telling Alberta to pay up and shut up must end once and for all.' Article content Poilievre is bidding for a return to Parliament as he campaigns in a byelection in the solidly Tory seat of Battle River-Crowfoot, which will be held Aug. 18. Article content While he's expected to easily prevail there, his standing in the rest of the country is far less certain. Article content A Nanos Research poll conducted in late June suggests the ruling Liberals under new PM Carney lead the Conservatives by 14 percentage points. Article content The knives among party operatives aren't yet out publicly for Poilievre but that could change if he continues to badly trail Carney in the fall, said Mount Royal University political scientist Duane Bratt. Article content And the Alberta byelection widely considered a shoo-in to return Poilievre to the House of Commons promises to be a political minefield in a national context, he said. Article content The one-time Tory leader will be walking a tightrope where the path he navigates could alienate party supporters with separatist leanings in Alberta and elsewhere, said Bratt. Article content 'What matters is not so much the election result, it's going to be his campaign that's happening during a debate about Alberta's place in Canada,' he said. Article content 'How does he not hurt himself in the rest of the country, what's his views on greater taxation powers for Alberta, on immigration in Alberta and on constitutional change?' Article content Article content In effect Poilievre, he said, will be spending much of his summer campaigning for both a seat in Parliament and his own job as Conservative leader. Article content And his running in one of the safest Conservative seats in the country — won last April with 83 per cent of the vote by Tory Damien Kurek, who's since signed on with a government relations and lobbying firm — produce optics of weakness, said Bratt. Article content But some of those who attended the Conservative party barbecue fundraiser said they don't foresee Poilievre being replaced by anyone else. Article content 'I can't see the party dumping him — he's been successful in a strange political environment,' said former conservative radio talk-show host Dave Rutherford. Article content He noted that despite the electoral loss the party under Poilievre increased its vote count by 2.5 million and added 25 seats to its caucus. Article content But he agreed Poilievre will have to balance his required support for a united Canada with an often separatist-leaning Conservative base in Alberta. Article content Article content 'It's part of the whole UCP culture,' said Rutherford, referring to the provincial conservative party largely allied to their federal cousins. Article content In introducing Poilievre at the barbecue, Kurek – who also received a standing ovation – said he gladly relinquished his seat to advance the Conservative movement 'as quickly as possible.' Article content Article content On Saturday morning, Carney flipped flapjacks at a Stampede breakfast in the city's northeast and admitted his skills were rusty. Article content 'I'm here all day until I get it right,' said Carney. Article content Premier Danielle Smith also attended the breakfast and playfully chided Carney on his pancake-handling technique. Article content She also told him she would soon be signing a memo of understanding with Ontario Premier Doug Ford on energy, priorities and trade. Article content 'It'd be so great if we didn't have (carbon) net-zero rules,' she told the prime minister, who walked the Stampede grounds Friday evening.
