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About 40% of Canadians, Americans believe lasting peace can be reached in Ukraine war: poll

Almost half of Canadians believe the federal government is providing the right amount of support to Ukraine in the war against Russia, while 14 per cent think Canada is not supportive enough, according to a new poll. Article content The poll, which was conducted by Leger for the Metropolis Institute and the Association for Canadian Studies, compared Canadian and American opinions about the war, which started in 2014, but reached a new height in 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine. Article content Article content Article content The poll found that Americans were more likely to think their country isn't doing enough to support Ukraine. Just under one third (29 per cent) said the United States isn't doing enough, while 26 per cent said support was about right and 19 per cent said the U.S. has been too supportive. In Canada, 17 per cent of respondents thought their country was doing too much. Article content Article content Almost half of Canadians said they've been following the conflict very closely (12 per cent) or somewhat closely (36 per cent), while 32 per cent said 'not very closely' and 16 per cent said they haven't been following the war at all. Americans have been paying about the same amount of attention, with 15 per cent following it very closely, 28 per cent somewhat closely, 27 per cent not very closely and a quarter of respondents in the U.S. saying they haven't been following the war at all. Article content Article content Among the 12 per cent of Canadians who are following the events in Ukraine closely, 47 per cent of them believe Canada supports Ukraine the right amount, while 38 per cent believe that Canada is not supportive enough. Article content Article content Jack Jedwab, president and CEO of the Association for Canadian Studies and the Metropolis Institute, said Canadians don't feel like they have much control over the outcome of the war. 'At this particular time, Canadians do not feel that their support is providing for a significant impact in that regard,' he said, adding that Canadians were more supportive of Ukraine at the start of the war. Article content 'We're not seeing the same type of mobilization that we saw at the front of the conflict. You're not seeing a lot of Ukrainian flags or symbols out there,' he said. Article content Fewer than half of Canadian respondents (47 per cent) said they have a fairly good understanding of the conflict, while 11 per cent said they have barely any understanding at all.