Opinion

Canadians delivered some mixed messages when they aired their views on two hot-button farm issues in Angus Reid polls released this week.

They stood in solidarity with farmers on both fronts, but were decidedly contradictory on the concept of protecting domestic industries.

The pollster found 57 per cent of respondents favour reducing Canada’s tariffs on imported Chinese electric vehicles if it means securing a better deal for canola exports. Predictably, support for this approach was higher in the west than in the east and higher among rural respondents than urban.

Canada’s decision to place 100 per cent tariffs on Chinese EVs mimicked the actions taken by the U.S. and European Union and protected private and public investment into developing domestic EV manufacturing. In Cana

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