Susan Delacourt: Predictability hangs in the balance as Justin Trudeau's government awaits results of the U.S. presidential election

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : An Environics Institute poll this fall suggested that a Harris win is still the preferred outcome for 60 per cent of respondents, but support for Trump has picked up in Canada since 2020, especially in Ontario and the West.
45% : But it's also pretty evident that the Liberals would prefer a Harris win, for the same reason it was hoping the Democrats would triumph over Trump four years ago: it's not just ideological alignment between Democrats and Liberals, it's predictability.
42% : Trudeau and the Liberals have vivid memories of the chaos that Trump can insert into that relationship.
34% : ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOWThe political landscape here, for instance, is not exactly the same as it was eight or even four years ago, when the vast majority of Canadians, polled on how they felt about Trump, were very much against his presidency.
28% : Moreover, when Environics focused just on who Conservative voters would support, Trump edged out Harris -- which is a big change from the last two presidential elections.
23% : "Back in the early part of this year, Trudeau and his team were a little less guarded in their views of Trump, constantly casting Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre as a northern version of Trump.

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