About two-thirds of Canadians surveyed this month said American democracy cannot survive another four years of Donald Trump in the White House, and about half said the United States is on the way to becoming an authoritarian state, a poll released on Monday said.

The November U.S. election is likely to pit President Joe Biden against Trump, who is the clear frontrunner to win the Republican nomination as voting in the presidential primary race kicks off in Iowa on Monday.

Sixty-four percent of respondents in the Angus Reid Institute poll of 1,510 Canadians said they agreed with the statement: “U.S. democracy cannot survive another four years of Donald Trump.” Twenty-eight percent disagreed.

The Jan. 6, 2021 attack on Capitol Hill by Trump supporters seeking to block certification of Biden’s 2020 election win shocked many Canadians, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau publicly blamed Trump for inciting the mob.

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    10 months ago

    You know why Saskatchewan doesn’t do DST? No one wants an extra hour in Saskatchewan. (Joke from my uncle in Saskatoon)

    Honestly it’s a non issue because there are also US states that don’t follow DST so literally nothing would happen.

    Damn the naysayers. Let’s dump Daylight Savings Time.

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      10 months ago

      Ha! And technically, SK is always on DST. Solar noon is around 1pm rather than noon, so I get the gripes from those on DST.

      Many don’t want to lose that sunlight outside working hours, so I think just keeping everyone on DST would be the best solution. Have timezones set so solar noon is closer to 1pm clock time.

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        Fair point. :D

        I don’t like having morning sunlight pulled from me only to gain those sunlight hours in the evening when I don’t care for it. I really enjoy morning light much more so than evening light.

        My dogs also hate it because they have no idea why I’m feeding them 1 hour later than usual.

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          True. Up here there’s not much sun in winter anyway, so shifting back wouldn’t really be of much benefit. Sunrise is 9:02 today. Sure, it could be 8:02, but sunset would then be at 16:14.