John Robson: The Wellsprings of Trust and Distrust in a Time of Division

Commentary
This week I want to take a poll on what you think your neighbours think about taking polls about polling. And if you indignantly refuse to waste time on such foolishness, would you trust a poll about whether your neighbours trust those they don’t trust to restore trust? Because we just got one of those.
It’s from Angus Reid plus Cardus, and the good news is that only a third of Canadians think “Canada is so divided that nothing is going to bring it back together.” Whereas very slightly over half of Americans believe it of the United States. So what’s the bad news?…