As Prime Minister Mark Carney lowers tariffs on imports of Chinese electric vehicles, new polling suggests that Canadians are becoming much more open to buying the cars.

More than half of Canadians, or 53%, say that knowing an EV was made in China would have no effect on their purchasing decision, according to a new poll by Nanos Research Group for Bloomberg News.

A further 15% said Chinese manufacturing would make them more likely to buy the vehicle, while 28% said it would make them less likely to do so.

That’s a big change from 2024, when 61% of Canadians said they would be less likely to buy a Chinese electric vehicle, and just 25% said it would have no effect on their decision. At that time, only 9% said they would be more likely to purchase such a product if it was made in China.