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Nov 15, 2023 7:08 PM - The Canadian Press

Leger survey suggests widespread dissatisfaction with Trudeau government

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Poilievre, an MP for almost 20 years and Conservative leader for a little more than a year, is still an unknown to some Canadians. (Photo: The Canadian Press)

Almost two in three Canadians have a negative impression of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and half want him to resign before the next election, a new survey suggests.

While affordability, housing and public debt are higher on the reasons people want Trudeau to go, one in five people surveyed said they want him to resign simply because they are "just tired of him."

The Leger poll for The Canadian Press suggests widespread dissatisfaction with the Liberal government on everything from housing affordability and inflation to health care, government spending and climate change.

It was taken online in Canada over three days last weekend, with 1,612 people responding.

While the results were statistically weighted it cannot be assigned a margin of error because online polls are not considered truly random samples.

It comes after months of unfavourable poll numbers for Trudeau and the Liberals who have just passed the eighth anniversary of their 2015 election win.

Nationally, 30 per cent of respondents said they were satisfied with Trudeau's government, while 63 per cent said they were not.

Trudeau trails Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on who would be the best prime minister by a wide margin, with 27 per cent of those surveyed backing Poilievre versus 17 per cent for Trudeau.

Similar numbers of people said they had a positive impression of both Poilievre 35 per cent, and Trudeau, 33 per cent.

But 61 per cent said they had a negative impression of Trudeau versus 45 per cent who had a negative impression of Poilievre.

Poilievre, an MP for almost 20 years and Conservative leader for a little more than a year, is still an unknown to some Canadians.

One in five of those surveyed said they did not know if they had a positive or negative impression of him.

For NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, 43 per cent have a positive view, and 41 per cent a negative view, but only 16 per cent said he would make the best prime minister.

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