The stereotype is that Canadians are sort, however they by and enormous don’t take kindly to President Trump’s concept of constructing Canada our 51st state. As of Apriltwo-thirds of Canadians thought-about the U.S. to be “unfriendly” or an “enemy,” and 61% say they’ve began boycotting American firms. Nevertheless, Canadian dislike and mistrust of the U.S. isn’t new. Canadian views of the U.S. have trended down for many years, from a excessive of 81% of Canadians holding favorable views of the U.S. underneath Clinton within the ’90’s, to hovering within the 50-60% vary within the aughts, to solely 24% favorable as of March. In the meantime, 87% of Individuals view Canada favorably. There’s an enormous mismatch there. So what’s behind these a long time of resentment? How does tradition play into it? And what does it imply for our politics that our nations have basically totally different concepts about our relationship to 1 one other? Brittany discusses with Scaachi Koulsenior author at Slate, and Jon parmentsaffiliate professor of historical past at Cornell.
