Most Canadians want their government to gear up for a fight and hit back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, new polling from Angus Reid shows on Monday.
The polling comes as Canadians are bracing for steep and sweeping 50 per cent tariffs, which are set to hit Canada next month and will cover a wide range of Canadian goods.
The Angus Reid Institute conducted an online survey from July 23 to 25 among a randomized sample of 1,790 Canadian adults.
More than six in 10 (62 per cent) of Canadians polled by Angus Reid supported retaliatory tariffs of some kind, with 34 per cent saying they want the government to match U.S. tariffs dollar for dollar and 28 per cent supporting limited counter-tariffs, the polling shows.
Around one in five (19 per cent) say they don’t want counter-tariffs on the U.S., preferring that Ottawa negotiate a trade deal with the U.S. instead.
A much smaller percentage (seven per cent) of people said the government should make the concessions that the U.S. demands to avoid counter-tariffs, while 12 per cent said they were not sure what the best course of action was.
Confidence in Prime Minister Mark Carney’s ability to negotiate a resolution with the Americans has waned since the spring, according to polling. Less than half (43 per cent) of Canadians say they believe that Carney can deliver a good deal for Canada, down from 51 per cent in April.
Half of respondents (50 per cent) are not confident in the government’s ability to negotiate a good deal. Of these, 26 percent said it’s because the Carney government is unqualified to handle Trump, and 24 percent said it’s because the Trump administration is impossible to predict.
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Opinions also vary on how Canada should approach the supply management system in Canada’s dairy industry, which the U.S. has identified as one of its key trade irritants.
Around four in 10 (42 per cent) say the government should stand firm on keeping supply management in place during trade negotiations, while a similar number (44 per cent) say it should be used as a bargaining chip.
However, 61 per cent also oppose Canada conceding more market access to American dairy products. Around half (48 per cent) say American alcohol should not be brought back to Canadian shelves, another key trade irritant for Trump as provinces removed U.S. booze from their shelves.
Canadian attitudes towards the U.S. have been tense amid the trade war, which began last year after Trump’s re-election and has continued since.
An Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News one year ago found that approximately three-quarters of Canadians surveyed said they intended to avoid travel to the U.S., while the number of people avoiding U.S.-made goods stood at 72 per cent.
Asked if they thought less of the U.S. as a country because of Trump’s various attacks on Canada’s economy and sovereignty, 77 per cent of those polled last year said they agreed, with nearly half saying they felt strongly.
Pressure is mounting on the federal government to secure a deal with Washington.
The Conservative critic for Canada-U.S. relations is calling on Ottawa to provide its negotiation plan with the U.S. at an emergency meeting.
Shuv Majumdar said in a letter to Carney that the Conservatives want an emergency meeting of the House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade next week and called for Ottawa to table its written plans.
Majumdar said Carney must explain how the government will address Trump’s latest tariff threat.
Trump last week said that the U.S. government will hit an array of Canadian products with 50 per cent tariffs in 30 days.
American officials said the new levies are a response to provincial bans on U.S. alcohol, Canada’s supply-managed dairy system and quotas on American cars.
That comes as the House of Commons government operations committee is expected to meet on Wednesday to discuss a call from opposition members to investigate Carney’s handling of the Gordie Howe bridge deal — specifically, the agreement in principle to split revenues with the U.S.
— with files from The Canadian Press and Global’s Ari Rabinovitch
Normal Canuck, hahaha yuckity yuck aooooga heehaw heehaw guffaw hehehe yuck yuck yuck!
Canada is weak and will stay weak as long as it keeps pretending that it doesn’t have a filthy Mexican problem. You need to stomp them out like us and only them will we start showing any kind of respect to you.
@ tony ….Not deflecting….making the point this is as good as it gets.!
@Normal Canadian. Let’s not deflect. Carney has made huge promises and nothing has been delivered. Carney got elected , not PP. Sorry about that fact.
Are you guys saying freedom convoy, ostrich farming, telemarketing Pierre is the chosen one?! Lol that’s hilarious
@steve…dont twist it…he ditched the slogan…after he realized it was r#tarded…
I need some liberal men to milk my herd of bulls
I need some liberal men to wash elderly mens bums in iran
I need a liberal man for a wife
Carney is a coward with nobody to blame but himself. Turns out running scared from negotiating with our largest tendency partner and largest economy on earth has consequences.
Eat your dad’s azz out libs
I understand. Almdnsjaknsjcksnwns
Canada should cease all relations with the US. Recall our diplomats and kick theirs out
@Normal Canadian. You mean he ditched the day after he won the election.So just fake promises
Thankfully
@tim…he ditched that nonsense a long time ago!
Will Carney bring out washed up actor Mike Myers to do “Elbows Up” again. Absolutely pathetic.
Anonymous opinion is rubbish. USA is 10X the Canadian economy and Carney/Trudeau left Canada weak after a decade of economic vandalism
@BC Resident. Carney ended up as the bootlicker, not PP as he wasn’t elected. Enjoy it.
Trump has totally outplayed Carney from Day 1. Now Carney needs to keep his promises to Canadians on election day or fall on his sword. Carney has not delivered.
It is better to boycott American products than to put high tariffs on them. Putting tariffs on products means that we as Canadians pay that tax, not Americans. Buy Canadian first, then products from our allies and only American product if you have to. A boycott hurts them not us….ie liquor. We shouldn’t respond to American stupidity with stupidity. We need to move on, reduce our dependency and ignore them.
Why is that criminal still in power in the White House and making Canada
pay for not bowing down to his dictatorship demands. We have better dairy we have better just about everything else. Plus his IQ must be sub par. If citizens think that the USA is better then Canada then please leave and head south.
Lickers
@jessica…I guess Pierre is the toughest?! Lol. The bootleggers are the conservatives, Danielle and Pierre!
Carneys whole platform in 2025. 16 months later he has done the exact opposite. He bootlicked Trump from Day 1. Canadians need to vote better. Stop ticking the red box by default. How did that work out so far.
Does Canada actually believe they are better off without the USA. Sad times up there really. China isn’t your friend
Canada says this…until it affects them personally and / or until we have to leave our houses and do something. Banging pots and pans ain’t gonna cut it on this one.
Can’t wait for Canada to go Elbows Up. Canada will be punished accordingly.
@truth: You can’t even spell a word like “too.”
Phuck off.
I hope Canada goes Elbows Up, so Trump can hit back harder. Trump looking after the USAs best interests
To the morons that want to negotiate its to late. You wanted elbows up. Negotiating time was on day one. Look now losers
Carney is an american now, he’s working for Trump. This is why he lives in New York with his family and all our gov money goes through Brookfield.
ELBOWS UP, PANTS DOWN, and BEND OVER !!! AS USUAL, ASSUME YOUR CANADIAN POSITION.
Peter “We all know these tariffs are ILLEGAL, WHY are we even paying them?”
We aren’t paying Trump’s tariffs. Its been 15 months and you are still getting it wrong.
Canada /Albera can’t stop oil shipment to the USA unfortunately. All of Ontarios oil and gas from Western Canada goes via Line which goes thru Michigan before coming out at Sarnia. If Canada blocked Oil shipments one would think Trump would do the same. Elbows Up
Smith is a traitor
The elbows up crowd believe budgets will balance themselves, carney is more adept at taking the knee.
“Elbows Up” is why we are in this mess. Should have listened to Danielle Smith from day 1. She is the only politician who got it. Media too busy calling her a traitor
We all know these tariffs are ILLEGAL, WHY are we even paying them? Trump needs to take a chill pill and wake up and smell the reality of his excrements, Because that’s exactly what these tariffs are.
‘Elbows up ‘ is why we are in this mess. Should have listened to Danielle Smith from day 1 ; She is the only one that got it right. instead media called her a traitor
Trumps mandate is to seek deals that benefit the USA. He is not here to grow Canadas economy, that is Carneys job.
If Trump can’t accept sensible negotiations that benefit both the US and Canada I think we should go with elbows up. Trump thinks he doesn’t need Canada so why don’t we just stop sending hydro, oil and every other product we know he does need. Let his own stupidity back fire on him.
“Elbows Up” crowd consists of retards.
Most Canadians are financially illiterate. They have no clue of what monetary policy is and how little it is compared to fiscal policy. They were ok with Carney taking credit during the election campaign for the work done by Jim Flaherty in 2008, and who is no longer alive to defend his legacy. In early 2025 they wanted to switch to fruit and juices made in Canada due to Trump’s early announcements of tariffs. And these are probably the same people who go to “Farmers Markets” in May thinking they are buying local.
How about we make TACO pay for all the American guns flooding our country and being used to kill our citizens? He’s not doing anything to stop this scourge so time to pay. Add a flat 15% to energy, fertilizer and uranium.
Retaliatory Tariffs are just a tax on us! Of course the Liberals lick their chops at that possibility.
Let’s get creative before doing this .
How about week 1 . No oil exports to the USA at all.
Week 2 no electricity south for the last half of August .
Week 3 125 per cent export tax on Potash .
Week 4 announce that we fast tracked a nuclear weapons program .See what kind of bully we have after that response .
FAKK U Orange Klown .
We import 70 percent or more of our food. And most of that from the USA. The last I checked we don’t have almond trees or citrus groves in Canada.
Do we really want to pay a tariff on these imports?
Why doesn’t Lard Ford lead by example as start cutting off electricity? Or is he like Carney, all talk and no action.
Easterners (Ontario / QC / Atalantic) and Elbows Up Canadians seem to want to use Western Canada products for export taxes They have no problem putting Western Canadian industries at risk for their own needs
@ Lawrence. If there is export taxes on Oil and Gas it should stay in the province that generates those export taxes. So Alberta oil export taxes should not help auto worker in Ontario or Quebec where they actively block new pipelines. Ford can start first with export taxes
Retaliation will not go well for Canada. That is what China and Marx Carnage want. Wake up voters.
Talk about misinformation.
Oh another Angus Reid poll that’s just like Global bought and paid for by the Federal Liberal party of Canada.
Hello I’m a paid Liberal political influencer please keep reading and believing my B S posts it allows me to make money without actually working.
Carney promised “Elbows Up”
with his pal Mike Myers. Then he flipped flopped quietly afterwards. A year later, Canada is worse off with Carney as PM.
@Iona Truc – merge with US? Or you MAGA traitor move. If you follow the news most of the people in the US don’t want the Orange guy who wants to steal the election. Why should we?
Canada thinks it’s Goliath. And we know how that turned out.
I’d love for Canada to retaliate. But cooler heads must prevail and most Canadians are thankful Carney is in charge.
Carney has flipped flopped and has been totally weak and spineless on this file so
far.
When Canada imposes a tariff on an import item it results in Canadians paying the higher cost. Why not impose export taxes on certain products like electricity, oil and potash. There is only one major importer of these products and their consumers will have to pay the extra cost. Revenue generated could be invested in hard hit Canadian sectors of USA tariffs.
Nations and borders have been moving around since the beginning of time. Maybe Canada and U.S. should merge. It might be good for us, The U.S. didn’t get that big by doing it all wrong.
Propaganda is powerful ! So powerful the same Elbows crowd voted in the same government responsible for the last 11 years of Canadas decline . Trump is a gift to the left in Canada they have a scapegoat for another few years of decline . Must be Pierre’s fault too after all he’s been in power as our PM for years ??? Canadians are small minded ….see Jay below .
So says Goebbels news at the behest of chairman Mark Mao Carnage
Stupidity can win a trade war with US
Stupidy deserves no applause.
Dave – Coming from a guy that can’t even spell the word Canadians properly 🤣 Typical Conservative moron
Most Canadoans are idiots who have no clue how the economy works .