TORONTO (CP) - Nearly half of Canadians felt their country had been a loser in the North American Free Trade Agreement, a new poll suggested. On the 10th anniversary of NAFTA's signing, 47 per cent of Canadians polled said their country had been a loser in the deal while 52 per cent of Mexicans felt that way.
Only 37 per cent of American respondents said they believed they lost in the deal that was to open the borders of the three countries to freer trade.
About half of Americans polled - 48 per cent - reported they felt their country had been a winner as a result of the agreement.
Thirty-eight per cent of Canadian respondents and 30 per cent of Mexicans said their country was a winner in the deal.
The Ipsos-Reid poll was conducted in November on behalf of the Washington, D.C.-based Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. A sample of 1,000 adult Canadians and 1,000 adult Americans were surveyed.
The results for those countries are considered accurate to 3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20. The Mexican results, with a sample of 503 adults surveyed, are considered accurate within 4.5 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
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