"I suspect pride for our home and native land will surge every time Donald Trump amps up his confrontational '51st state' rhetoric," writes Pam Frampton

Polls can generate a plethora of clashing news headlines, depending on a variety of factors: time and circumstance, the wording of the questions, the nature of the respondents and even the disposition of the editor writing the headlines.

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Is the nationalism cup half full or half empty?

Do a Google search of “polls and Canadian patriotism” and the results from the past year read like a rollercoaster ride, with contentedness and discontent taking turns at centre stage.

The following two headlines are from the same day, June 28, 2024, based on different polls:

“Happy Canada Day? 7 in 10 Canadians Think Canada is ‘Broken’ as Canadian Pride Takes a Tumble” (Ipsos website). “