Denfence survey

Six Takeaways from the Defence Department's Survey of Canadians

Canada's Department of National Defence has released the results of a survey conducted by the Earnscliffe Strategy Group between February and April 2018. Here are six takeaways:

1) The second-biggest security threat to Canada is... the United States?

This is a striking result, especially since Canada is arguably under no greater physical threat now than it was in 2016. But I wouldn't assume that respondents were thinking about "security" in this way. The poll probably reveals, instead, a more general concern about the impact of the Trump administration on Canadian interests, including our economic interests. (After all, if you look further down the list, Donald Trump is cited as the fourth-biggest threat.) Nervousness about the US administration seems to be acute – and this poll was conducted before Trump imposed steel sanctions on Canada and the G7 summit, when he attacked Justin Trudeau

Link: http://www.rolandparis.com/single-post/2018/07/21/Six-Takeaways-from-the-Defence-Departments-Survey-of-Canadians