Three in Five Canadians See China as a Threat or an Enemy: Survey

Three in Five Canadians See China as a Threat or an Enemy: Survey
People attend a vigil commemorating the 32nd anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests and clampdown outside the Chinese Consulate in Vancouver on June 4, 2021. Don MacKinnon/AFP
Andrew Chen
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In the wake of reports about China’s interference activities in Canada, few in the country see the communist regime in a favourable light, with most regarding it as either a threat or an enemy, according to an Angus Reid Institute survey.

Among 1,622 Canadian adults surveyed, the majority (62 percent, or over three in five) said the federal government should regard Beijing as either a threat to Canadian interests (40 percent) or an enemy (22 percent). Only 6 percent said the regime should be approached on friendly terms.