Two in three Canadians say the pandemic has made the country more united, a new poll suggests
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau smiles with a face mask on standing beside Ontario Premier Doug Ford during an announcement on Aug. 21 in Brockville, Ont.crisis has brought their country together, while Americans blame the pandemic for worsening their cultural and political divide, a new international public opinion survey suggests.
“In contrast, nearly three-quarters in Denmark say there is more unity now than before the coronavirus outbreak. More than half in Canada, Sweden, South Korea and Australia also say their countries have become more united since the coronavirus outbreak.” In every country surveyed, those who think their country has done a bad job of dealing with the coronavirus outbreak are more likely to say that their country is now more divided.That’s no coincidence, said Pew, which noted a distinct connection between respondents disappointed in the response to the pandemic in their country and the likelihood they felt divisions had worsened.
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