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More Canadians have negative view of U.S.: poll
CTV.ca News Staff


A new survey suggests Canadians increasingly view Americans as "rude, greedy and violent."
Only 59 per cent of Canadians have a favourable view of the United States, down from 72 per cent in 2002. France, Germany and Japan all ranked much higher.
The Pew Research Center conducted the survey and published the findings Thursday.
The results show Canadians still find Americans to be inventive and hardworking, although more than half believe they are also dishonest.
In most categories Americans view themselves better than Canadians view them, but the exceptions are when it comes to greed and immorality.
Seventy per cent of Americans view themselves as greedy, which is higher than any other country surveyed. And while 34 per cent of Canadians see Americans as immoral, 39 per cent of Americans also see themselves the same way.
Most Canadians are also unhappy with the current American government. The re-election of President George W. Bush has made 75 per cent of Canadians feel negatively about their neighbour to the south.
Canada is not the only country who has misgivings about America. The survey polled almost 17,000 people in 16 countries, and most indicated the United States is "broadly disliked."
Most Americans are aware they have an image problem. The survey showed that only 26 per cent of Americans believe their country is well-liked.
There is still some good news. Some American policies have managed to lift opinion in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. However, the affect of these policies on world opinion has been marginal.
The report shows that President Bush's push for democracy in the Middle East and aid for tsunami victims were "well received in many countries." However, the report goes on to read that "only in Indonesia, India and Russia has there been significant improvement in the overall opinions of the United States."
Canadians still believe the world has a high opinion of them. The survey showed that 94 per cent of Canadians say the world has a positive opinion of Canada.
The survey is co-chaired by former U.S. secretary of state Madeline Albright.




Source: CTV News

Canada sucks!

canada's only good for:

beer
ketchup chips
lezzie lumberjacks
strippers
pickle dip
presidents choice brand food
santa.

i still say we invade canada (there's a website, something like invadecanada.com), since they are american's and the diet coke version of america

Canada's muchmusic was about the only decent music channel on my satellitte for much of the 90's.

oh c'mon dude, you gotta love the CBC! especially that guy who does sports

I don't give a fuck about what Canada thinks of me. America Jr.'s socialist bitch-ass can break away from from us and sink into the ocean as far as I'm concerned.

RACK Glacier16.

Canadian beer sucks.

This thread is getting more random and chatty by the second.

Honestly, I don't care how Canadians view us (or anyone else in the world, for that matter) just as they shouldn't worry about how we view them. Somehow all the aid and help we give to other countries seems to always get overlooked. We have our ups and our downs. Just seems like most people want to concentrate on our downs. Easy to kick the biggest dog in the yard when he's not looking. Besides, Canadians can be just as uptight, if not more, than Americans. The Family Guy episode that the above pics are taken from caused a shitload of emails, letters, and calls from pissed off Canadians but little to none from the minorities who had also been joked about (Native Americans/Mexicans).

operative word: almost