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Do you generally believe that free trade
is a good thing?
Would you be in support of establishing a common
border, labour market and currency among NAFTA
countries, similar to the European Union?
What are your biggest barriers to doing business
internationally?
Do you generally believe that
NAFTA is a good thing
for Canada?
Somewhat Agree
45.3%
Somewhat Agree
43.3%
Totally Agree
38.8%
Totally Agree
30.3%
Neither
Agree Nor
Disagree
10.1%
Neither Agree
Nor Disagree
16.4%
Somewhat Disagree
4.2%
Somewhat Disagree
8.0%
Totally Disagree
1.6%
Totally Disagree
2.0%
41.4%
32.4%
24.0%
19.1%
18.1%
10.1%
8.0%
32.2%
16.0%
unfamiliarity
with
foreign
markets
language
differences
cultural
differences
Political
differences
access
to
capital
access
to
skilled
labour
labour
mobility
46.7%
Regulations Taxes
&
tariffs
Other
NO 36.5%
YES 35.4%
NOT SURE 28.1%
n=614 n=587
n=614
n=587
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