About two-thirds of Canadians surveyed this month said American democracy cannot survive another four years of Donald Trump in the White House, and about half said the United States is on the way to becoming an authoritarian state, a poll released on Monday said.

The November U.S. election is likely to pit President Joe Biden against Trump, who is the clear frontrunner to win the Republican nomination as voting in the presidential primary race kicks off in Iowa on Monday.

Sixty-four percent of respondents in the Angus Reid Institute poll of 1,510 Canadians said they agreed with the statement: “U.S. democracy cannot survive another four years of Donald Trump.” Twenty-eight percent disagreed.

The Jan. 6, 2021 attack on Capitol Hill by Trump supporters seeking to block certification of Biden’s 2020 election win shocked many Canadians, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau publicly blamed Trump for inciting the mob.

  • dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    10 months ago

    DST changes make sense. Why would Canada switch to a different clock system than our largest trading partner and neighbour? All hell would break loose.

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      10 months ago

      I understand where you are coming from but I don’t think it would be that bad. I mean if I recall correctly even within the US there are some areas that use daylight savings and some that don’t. And Canada switching would encentivize the US to switch.

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        10 months ago

        This has been an ongoing issue/argument for years now and I think you’re giving more power to Canada than we have. America doesn’t listen to us on anything. In fact we don’t count, except to support the US in whatever it chooses to do. And when we don’t they often bring up the fact our military warhorse is a pittance of America’s and we should be spending billions on building it up instead of having universal healthcare and an active social safety net.

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          10 months ago

          I agree. The US doesn’t listen to us and if they go all fascist we shouldn’t listen to them either. Regardless, we should endeavour to set an example for them to follow. Whether they follow it or not is up to them of course.

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      10 months ago

      Wherever you live in Canada most of the US is in a different time zone than you anyway. Somehow companies have figured it out.