Pessimism Over United States Deepens Among Canadians - Poll

OTTAWA, May 25 (NNN-Xinhua) -- Canadians have expressed deep anxiety over the direction of the United States (US), with 80 per cent of them saying their southern neighbour is on the wrong track, Xinhua reported, citing a survey released on Sunday by Abacus Data.

The survey revealed that only 14 per cent of Canadians believed that the US is moving in the right direction.

Meanwhile, 47 per cent of Canadians said their own country is headed in the right direction, while 39 per cent said it is on the wrong track.

The contrast between perceptions of Canada and perceptions of the world has widened steadily since Donald Trump returned to the White House and since Mark Carney became Canadian prime minister, said the survey.

"Public opinion today is being shaped less by domestic exhaustion and more by external anxiety," said David Coletto, CEO of Abacus Data.

Coletto noted that while Canadians remain deeply worried about affordability and economic uncertainty, they are increasingly attributing these pressures to external forces, such as Trump, instability in the US, and broader global volatility rather than blaming the federal government directly.

A total of 59 per cent approved of the job the Canadian federal government is doing and just 27 per cent disapproved. This is the highest approval rating for the federal government with the next highest record at 57 per cent in August 2016 for the Trudeau government, said the survey. 

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