Anti-globalist movement hasn’t hit Canada yet, poll suggests

Most of those surveyed supported free trade and international institutions like the UN.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Strasbourg, France to address the European Parliament in February, after it voted through the Canada-EU trade agreement. Seventy-one per cent of respondents to a recent Pollara poll said they supported a pro-globalism statement, versus 10 per cent for a negative statement.PMO photograph by Adam Scotti

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

April 5, 2017

Don’t expect to see any “Canada first” slogans bandied about by in-the-know politicians here; Canadians by and large support international trade and governance, a recent poll suggests. Well over half of respondents to a January survey of 1,501 adults agreed with statements supportive of free ...

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