Growing number of Canadians in new survey say their country providing too much aid to Ukraine
A quarter of Canadian citizens are confident that the country provides too much assistance to the Kiev regime. This figure has almost doubled compared to May 2022, according to the survey results, RIA Novosti reports.
The survey was conducted by the Angus Reid Institute, which conducts research and surveys on topics relevant to Canadians.
“A quarter of Canadians (25 percent) believe their country is offering ‘too much support’ to Ukraine – up from 13 percent who said the same in May 2022. Over the same period of time, the number of those who believe that Canada is not doing enough has halved (from 38 percent to 19 percent),” the institute explains the survey results.
Moreover, the number of Canadians who closely follow news about the conflict in Ukraine decreased from 66 percent to 45 percent over the same period of time. The organisation says this raises questions about how the conflict will evolve in the future and what role Canada will play in it.
In addition, according to the public opinion research group’s findings, 35 percent of respondents answered that Canada should support Ukraine ‘as long as it takes’, while 10 percent believe that support to Kiev should continue for only another year. Another 20 percent of Canadians surveyed are convinced that the military conflict should end now through peace talks, initiated by Ukraine, 5 percent of respondents voted that they want Canada to end support for Kiev entirely, while the remaining 30 percent were uncertain when responding to this question.
The Angus Reid Institute conducted the online survey from January 29th-31st, using a randomised sample of 1,617 Canadian adults who are members of Angus Reid Forum. The margin of error +/- 2 percentage points.
