Support for Domestic Energy Production Growing in Canada as US Tariffs Loom: Poll

Support for Domestic Energy Production Growing in Canada as US Tariffs Loom: Poll
Workers position pipe during construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in Abbotsford, B.C., on May 3, 2023. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
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Energy policy priorities are shifting in Canada as the country anticipates possible U.S. tariffs on its products as early as next month, a newly released poll suggests.

Just 23 percent of Canadians in the summer of 2023 said creating economic growth was their priority when considering the country’s energy policies, a poll by the Angus Reid Institute found. U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian exports appears to have impacted Canadian attitudes on energy, however.