More than half of Canadians say the US currently poses the greatest threat to their country’s security, a stark indicator of how wide the perceived rift has become between the historically close allies.
A survey conducted by Nanos Research Group for Bloomberg News found 55% of respondents believed the US poses the most risk to Canada’s security of any country. Some 15% of respondents said China was the greatest threat, followed by 14% who pointed to Russia.
The poll was taken from Jan. 31 to Feb. 4, shortly after US President Donald Trump made a series of threats against Greenland, ...