The poll found 24 per cent of Canadians believe trade with China should stay at the current level, and just five per cent want to see an increase. Those numbers are relatively steady across gender, age and geography.
Describing the shift in sentiment as “really dramatic,” McCuaig-Johnston said public opinion has been shaped by China’s willingness to drop an “anvil” on Canadian trade products whenever it wants to make a political point. During the standoff over Canada’s arrest of a top Huawei Technologies Co. executive on a United States extradition request, for example, Beijing found reasons to turn away shipments of canola, pork and other agricultural exports.
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