Four out of five Canadians disapprove of U.S. President Donald Trump in the wake of an escalating trade war with Canada, a new poll has found.The Campaign Research survey also found 72 per cent believe Trump’s protectionist policies have “harmed” the Canadian economy, while only three per cent said they have “helped.” Seventeen per cent said they have neither harmed nor helped, and eight per cent didn’t know.“The prime minister is definitely on the right side of public opinion on this issue, that’s for sure,” Campaign Research CEO Eli Yufest said of Justin Trudeau. “If he’s able to rally the Canadian public behind him on this particular issue, that will no doubt bode particularly well for him,” Yufest said Wednesday.“Certainly, Justin Trudeau has an opportunity to leverage the issue because of the importance to Canadians.”Some 81 per cent said they “disapproved” of the job Trump is doing, while 11 per cent approved and eight per cent didn’t know.Read more: Editorial | Canada must get its own house in order to fight Trump on migrants‘I love Canada,’ Trump says after lashing back at Canada over Trudeau’s tariff criticismOpinion | Five moves Canada should make to counter Donald Trump“The good news for Trump, anyway, is that Canadians don’t vote for him,” the pollster said.Campaign Research surveyed an online panel of 1,579 adults from across the country between last Friday and Monday. A probability sample of that size has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.Yufest said there is an “overwhelming” awareness of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in this country — 87 per cent of those surveyed knew about Canada’s negotiations with the U.S. and Mexico while 13 per cent did not.Asked about Trump’s threat “to punish the people of Canada” econ ...
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