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Post by inuvik on Mar 6, 2007 17:18:46 GMT -5
Canada tops world popularity poll, Israel is last
Updated Tue. Mar. 6 2007 8:20 AM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
Canada is ranked No. 1 in a new world popularity poll that looked at attitudes toward 12 major nations. Israel received the worst rating of the group.
The survey polled more than 28,000 people for the British Broadcasting Corp.'s World Service, asking them to rate 12 countries as having a positive or negative influence on the world. The countries on the list included: Britain, Canada, China, France, India, Iran, Israel, Japan, North Korea, Russia, the United States, and Venezuela.
Canada was viewed positively by 54 per cent of respondents while 14 per cent held a negative image.
Israel had the worst rating with only 17 per cent sharing a positive view of the country and 56 per cent with a negative rating. For Iran, 18 per cent were positive and 54 per cent negative.
The United States had the third highest negative rating with 51 per cent citing the country as negative and 30 per cent positive. North Korea had a slightly better rating than the U.S. -- 48 per cent negative and 19 per cent positive.
Japan and France followed Canada with the best rankings. Britain, China and India were all viewed more positively than negatively.
Meanwhile, Russia had more negative than positive responses while opinions on Venezuela were evenly split.
The 27-member European Union received a 53 per cent positive rating and a 19 per cent negative rating.
"It appears that people around the world tend to look negatively on countries whose profile is marked by the pursuit of military power," said Steven Kull, director of the University of Maryland's Program on International Policy Attitudes, which conducted the research along with pollster GlobeScan.
"Countries that relate to the world primarily through soft power, like France and Japan and the EU in general, tend to be viewed positively," he told the Associated Press.
About 1,000 people in 27 different countries including the U.S., Britain, France, Germany, Russia, China, India, Brazil, Mexico and Australia were surveyed. As well, four predominantly Muslim countries -- Egypt, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Indonesia -- and two countries with large Muslim populations -- Lebanon and Nigeria -- were polled.
The respondents were interviewed in person and over the phone from November to mid-January. Depending on the country, the margin of error ranges from 3.1 per cent to 4.9 per cent.
With files from The Associated Press
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2007 18:38:50 GMT -5
Oh, who cares about Canada....
OUCH! Quit it! (I think Anita slammed my head with her crutch!)
Don't you start Lori - REMEMBER WHERE YOU LIVE!!!!!
(o-oh say can you see........)
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Post by Duchess of Lashes on Mar 6, 2007 18:53:40 GMT -5
Oh, who cares about Canada.... OUCH! Quit it! (I think Anita slammed my head with her crutch!) Don't you start Lori - REMEMBER WHERE YOU LIVE!!!!! (o-oh say can you see........) Yes, you do know where I live....but wouldn't it be nice to live where it's number one? I'll wait a few months though to make that decision....until the snow melts, the rivers unfreeze and the tulips are in bloom...perhaps early June?  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2007 18:55:19 GMT -5
Oh, who cares about Canada.... OUCH! Quit it! (I think Anita slammed my head with her crutch!) Don't you start Lori - REMEMBER WHERE YOU LIVE!!!!! (o-oh say can you see........) Yes, you do know where I live....but wouldn't it be nice to live where it's number one? I'll wait a few months though to make that decision....until the snow melts, the rivers unfreeze and the tulips are in bloom...perhaps early June? You already do live where it's number 1 for TWO reasons!!!!!!  (oh, say does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave!!!!) |
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Post by Duchess of Lashes on Mar 6, 2007 18:56:24 GMT -5
Okay, Mame Dahling....what is really going on behind that flag?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2007 18:57:13 GMT -5
Okay, Mame Dahling....what is really going on behind that flag? why, it's being unfurled of course!  |
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Post by Duchess of Lashes on Mar 6, 2007 19:10:15 GMT -5
Seriously, though, it is so nice to finally see "our home and native land" receiving some form of recognition for her positive contributions to the world community.
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Post by carl1951 on Mar 6, 2007 21:49:41 GMT -5
Oh! Canada
(Sung off-key for my Anita)
Canada: Numero Uno.
Later, Carl
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Post by bjobsessed on Mar 6, 2007 21:57:41 GMT -5
Oh! Canada (Sung off-key for my Anita) Canada: Numero Uno. Later, Carl Ha! I almost did the same thing when I saw you were on! Great minds..... |
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Post by carl1951 on Mar 6, 2007 22:07:12 GMT -5
Ha! I almost did the same thing when I saw you were on! Great minds.....[/quote]
Scarey, isn't it?
Later, Carl
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2007 0:31:11 GMT -5
*Ahem* just WHO came here voluntarily, hmmmm?  ?? |
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Post by inuvik on Mar 7, 2007 13:21:25 GMT -5
Well Mame, this follow up story will make you feel better! I saw it at the time, but being biased decided not to post it. But now I will. Sorry, LL and BJO!  Canada liked, but likely ignored Don Butler, CanWest News Service Published: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 OTTAWA - A new poll that ranks Canada first in terms of its positive influence in the world is more a reflection of the world's ignorance of Canada than widespread approval of its foreign policy, says the firm that conducted the survey. "A lot of this is driven by general lack of awareness of Canada," says Oliver Martin of GlobeScan Inc, which conducted the poll for the BBC. "Even though we're a G-7 country, we're not on the radar screen for economic ratings, trade ratings, even cultural perspectives." Even Canada's mission in Afghanistan hasn't registered with most people around the world, Martin says. "If you ask the general layperson in France or Italy or Russia if they know that Canada has a big position in Afghanistan, 90 per cent of the time they'll be like: 'Oh, I didn't know that.'" (more about the other countries in the survey followed) |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2007 14:49:39 GMT -5
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaHA!
I KNEW it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LA, LA, LA, LA, LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA LA!
Okay, I'll grow up now.
*snicker*
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Post by Chris on Mar 7, 2007 17:15:40 GMT -5
I don't want to be caught in this neighborhood fight between Canada and the US, I will do as the Swiss and remain neutral But; Even Canada's mission in Afghanistan hasn't registered with most people around the world, Martin says. "If you ask the general layperson in France or Italy or Russia if they know that Canada has a big position in Afghanistan, 90 per cent of the time they'll be like: 'Oh, I didn't know that.'" You could also go to Denmark, I'm ashamed to admit, I didn't know that either  We are even in Afghanistan too, and yet I didn't know, how sad am I??? - Chris - sometimes I don't have a clue...  |
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Post by doobrah on Mar 8, 2007 14:00:46 GMT -5
I don't want to be caught in this neighborhood fight between Canada and the US, I will do as the Swiss and remain neutral Just don't go invading Liechtenstein, LOL! I find it mildly humorous that the US barely beat out Venezuela, home of the great humanitarian (NOT) Hugo Chavez. |
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