A new poll has found that nearly six in 10 Canadians believe the Trudeau government has 鈥渕ade the right call鈥� with its 2017 refugee targets, while about one in four believe Canada should have followed U.S. President Donald Trump鈥檚 lead and enacted a temporary ban on refugees.
found 57 per cent agreed with the statement that after U.S. president Donald Trump鈥檚 executive order, the Trudeau government 鈥渕ade the right call鈥� by keeping refugee levels at 40,000 for 2017.
Twenty-five per cent agreed with the statement that the 鈥済overnment should have adopted a temporary ban similar to U.S. policy鈥� and 18 per cent supported the statement that the government should take more refugees as a response.
However, when asked a similar question, Canadians appeared somewhat less accepting of the number of refugees coming to Canada. Nearly half (47 per cent) said 鈥淐anada is taking about the right number,鈥� while four in 10 (41 per cent) said 鈥渢he number is already too high, we should not be taking in more refugees.鈥� Only 11 per cent agreed Canada 鈥渟hould allow more refugees.鈥�
The survey also found stark differences across party lines, with 62 per cent of Conservatives stating 鈥渢he number is too high, we should not be taking more refugees,鈥� compared to 28 per cent of Liberal supporters and 30 per cent of NDP supporters.
The Angus Reid Institute online survey was conducted between Feb. 6 and Feb. 9 among a representative sample of 1,508 Canadian adults. A probability sample of this size would carry a margin of error of +/-2.5 percentage points, 19 times out of 20, according to Angus Reid Institute.
