Pallas Data poll reveals divisions over how the country should respond.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leaves the room after attending the Climate Ambition Summit at the United Nations Headquarters on Sept. 20, 2023, in New York City. | Kena Betancur/Getty Imageson the Israel-Hamas war, but a new poll by Pallas Data reveals a clear divide over how Canada should respond as the Middle East violence threatens to escalate.found 41 percent of respondents disagreed with the statement “Canada should support Israel in its armed conflict against Hamas;” 38 percent agreed.
The poll found a plurality of Canadians in English-speaking Canada agree the country should support Israel. In Ontario, 42 percent agreed, while 39 percent disagreed. Similar divisions were measured in British Columbia and Alberta . The close results should be interpreted as statistical ties given the size of regional subsamples. French-speaking Quebec is less divided: Fifty-one percent of respondents there disagreed Canada should support Israel, while 27 percent agreed.
The Conservative response to the poll may reflect bigger thinking about the role Canada should play in the world — a question Pallas Data explored.
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