Majority of Canadians view Trudeau as ‘incompetent’ liar: poll
David Krayden
Many Canadians simply want a change in national leadership.
A poll released Sunday by Abacus Data for the Toronto Star suggests Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal policies are overwhelmingly unpopular in every region of Canada and among both sexes Among all respondents, the survey found 7 percent of respondents have an impression of Trudeau that is “very positive,” 17 percent “somewhat positive,” 20 percent “neutral,” 20 percent “somewhat negative” and 39 percent “very negative.”
Those results are remarkably similar by gender, with only 24 percent of men and 25 percent of women having an impression of Trudeau on the positive side of the scale, while 61 percent of men and 57 percent of women registered a negative impression. Trudeau’s approval rating is the lowest in Alberta, where 52% indicated a “very negative” response and 19 percent a “somewhat negative” response.
His popularity is highest in Quebec with 30 percent on the positive scale and 51 percent on the negative scale. Atlantic Canada provided similar results with 28 percent positive and 56 percent being negative.
Toronto Star columnist Susan Delacourt notes that the last time her newspaper and Abacus asked Canadians about their feelings for Trudeau, men were markedly more negative about the Prime Minister than women. That disparity has vanished in the latest survey.
In his Substack analysis of the poll, Abacus Data CEO David Coletto said it is clear that Canadians’ “negative feelings [towards Trudeau] are more intense than they have been at previous points over the past four years.”