Canadians are growing more confident in the United States as a trusted and reliable international ally, but losing faith in the man who’s currently running the country, a new poll suggests.
In the Pew Research Center survey released Wednesday, only 61 percent of Canadian respondents said they have confidence in President Joe Biden to do the right thing on the world stage—a steep decline from the 77 percent who said the same thing in 2021.
At the same time, 84 percent of Canadians who took part said they consider the U.S. a somewhat or very reliable partner—a 16-point increase over the previous year, with 21 percent describing their southern neighbour as very reliable, compared with 11 percent in 2021….