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Canadians oppose trade concessions to U.S. as Trump threatens tariffs: poll

A Leger poll finds 56% of Canadians want no further concessions in trade talks with the United States

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Canadians oppose trade concessions to U.S. as Trump threatens tariffs: poll

What this story says

  • A Leger poll found 56% of Canadians oppose further concessions in trade negotiations with the United States.
  • U.S. President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on $28 billion of Canadian goods, as reported by Durham Radio News.
  • Quebec respondents showed the strongest opposition, with 61% favouring a hard line in the talks.
  • No left- or right-rated outlets carried the story, according to the reports below.

Who covered it

Left 52%(12)Centre 48%(11)Right 0%(0)

Percentages are shares of the 23 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 1 of the 24 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

42/100

Craft

55/100

Hype

35/100

24 sources · methodology

Thin on the right so far

None of the 23 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.

This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.

A Leger poll conducted amid ongoing Canada-U.S. trade negotiations found that 56% of Canadians oppose further concessions to the United States. The poll, reported by Loonie Politics and Durham Radio News, showed that nearly one-third of respondents favoured flexibility in the talks. U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened tariffs on $28 billion of Canadian goods, as noted by Durham Radio News.

The poll results varied by region, with 61% of Quebec respondents opposing concessions, the highest proportion among the groups surveyed. The reports did not specify the sample size or margin of error. The timing of the poll coincides with renewed pressure from the U.S. administration on trade issues.

What the coverage left out

No left- or right-rated digests carried the story, according to the reports printed below. Neither digest mentioned the sample size or margin of error of the Leger poll. The unrated digest from Loonie Politics did not include the U.S. tariff threat of $28 billion on Canadian goods.

Tags:#CanadaUSTrade#TradeNegotiations#Tariffs#PublicOpinion#LegerPoll

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 6 times, most recently on 19 Aug 2026, 00:15, and will add the sides that appear.

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Canadians oppose trade concessions to U.S. as Trump threatens tariffs: poll
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How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

12 rated outlets

  • Left-rated outlets led on Canadian opposition to trade concessions in response to U.S. tariff threats. All 12 reports cited polling showing fewer than one in five Canadians support offering concessions to the U.S. to avoid tariffs. The Global News report, the only full article among them, included the exact figure of 18% from an Abacus Data poll conducted 7-12 August 2026.
  • The Global News report carried the positions of Canadian political figures, quoting Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s call to remove U.S. tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber. It also included unnamed officials stating that a trade deal was not close and that softwood lumber tariffs remained a sticking point. The 11 digests did not mention these details or the specific tariff rate of 50%.
  • The Global News report alone provided the polling breakdown on Canadian responses to potential tariffs: 36% supported counter-tariffs, 30% favoured continued negotiations without them, and 38% believed the tariffs would likely proceed. It also reported that 70% of Canadians expected negative economic impacts from the tariffs, a figure absent from the digests.

Centre

11 rated outlets

  • The centre-rated digest from Durham Radio News led on the poll’s finding that 56% of Canadians want the government to take a hard line in trade negotiations. It included the U.S. threat of tariffs on $28 billion of Canadian goods, linking the poll results to the broader context of the talks. The digest did not quote any government officials or analysts.

Right

0 rated outlets

No outlet rated right has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.

Read it at the source

24 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.

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Right

0

No outlet in this group ran the story.

Not rated

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Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Canadians oppose trade concessions to U.S. as Trump threatens tariffs…?
Of the 23 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 52% are rated left, 48% are rated centre, 0% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 24. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Canadians oppose trade concessions to U.S. as Trump threatens tariffs… left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 23 rated outlets on this story, 52% are rated left, 48% are rated centre, 0% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of Canadians oppose trade concessions to U.S. as Trump threatens tariffs… biased?
Canadians oppose trade concessions to U.S. as Trump threatens tariffs: poll is one event reported by 24 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Canadians oppose trade concessions to U.S. as Trump threatens tariffs…?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Canadians oppose trade concessions to U.S. as Trump threatens tariffs…?
24 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
What percentage of Canadians oppose concessions in U.S. trade talks?
A Leger poll found 56% of Canadians oppose further concessions in trade negotiations with the United States. The poll was reported by Loonie Politics and Durham Radio News, with no left- or right-rated outlets carrying the story.
What tariffs has the U.S. threatened against Canada?
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on $28 billion of Canadian goods, as reported by Durham Radio News. The threat comes amid ongoing trade negotiations between the two countries.
Which Canadian region showed the strongest opposition to concessions?
Quebec respondents showed the strongest opposition, with 61% favouring a hard line in trade negotiations, according to the Leger poll reported by Loonie Politics and Durham Radio News.

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