NATIONAL PULSE – Most of us support sending peacekeepers to Ukraine

Posted on March 18, 2025 in Feedback, National Pulse // 0 Comments

Kiev, Ukraine. (Image: Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pixabay.com)

But half of would-be CPC voters (51%) are opposed to Canada sending peacekeepers

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE

March 18, 2025 – The ball is “in Russia’s court” according to American officials, after Ukraine accepted a tentative agreement for a 30-day ceasefire last week during negotiations in Saudi Arabia. The world now watches Russian President Vladimir Putin and awaits the next steps in the three-year long war.

If, indeed, a peace agreement is signed in the coming days or months, results of a Canada-U.S. public opinion survey from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds most Canadians supportive of sending peacekeeping troops to help to maintain it. Overall, twice as many say they would support sending a Canadian envoy to assist (60%) than would oppose (29%). That said, domestic politics is key driver of opinion.

Half of those who currently say they would support Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Party are opposed to sending troops (51%), compared to 12, 17 and 22 per cent respectively of would-be Liberal, NDP and BQ supporters. Conservative leaners are also most likely to say Canada has offered “too much” support to Ukraine (52%) compared to supporters of the Liberals (8%), NDP (15%), or Bloc Québécois (10%) who say the same.

South of the border, Americans are more likely to say that their country has provided too much support to Ukraine (37%), led by a strong majority of those who voted for Donald Trump in the November election (64%). Others are divided between feeling the U.S. has given the appropriate amount of support (22%) or not enough (23%). One-in-five are unsure (19%).