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Criticism of Trudeau grows in Western Canada: poll

A new survey conducted by Research Co. revealed that more people in Western Canada now support a change in the federal government than a similar poll from June.

Overall, more than half of Canadians (52%) think their province would be better off with another prime minister, up one point from the previous poll. However, the majority of these numbers can be attributed to the western part of the country.

Sixty-six percent (up two points) of people in Alberta, 65% (up five points) in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, 57% (up four points) in British Columbia and 52% (up four points) in Ontario believe everyone Things would have been better if someone other than Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in charge.

But fewer people in Atlantic Canada (44% down, 8 points) and Quebec (42%, down 3 points) support political change in Ottawa.

“Canadians aged 35 to 54 (56%) are more likely to believe that a change in the federal government will benefit their province,” Research Company President Mario Canseco said in a news release. solstice. “Ratings were slightly lower between their partners 55 and older (51%) and 18 to 34 years old (50%).”

When it comes to provincial leadership, Research Co. said nearly 51% of Canadians think their province would be better off with another prime minister.

According to the survey, the rate of criticism for Ontario Premier Doug Ford rose from 43% in June to 57% in January, while it fell for Quebec Premier Francois Legault from 48% to 45 %.

In British Columbia, there was little change in results between John Horgan in June (41%) and David Eby this month (40%).

55% of respondents in Alberta think the province would be better off without Danielle Smith as a leader, while 65% previously felt the same way about Jason Kenney.

Fewer people (26 percent) in Alberta think their province would be better off as their own country, down seven points from June.

In Quebec, secessionist sentiment has dropped to 29% this month from 32%.

17 percent of Canadians think their province would be better off joining the United States and becoming a U.S. state, including 21 percent of those in Alberta.

METHOD

The poll’s results are based on an online study conducted between January 20 and January 22, 2023, among 1,000 adults in Canada. Data have been weighted according to Canadian census data by age, sex and region. The margin of error – a measure of the variability of a sample – is +/- 3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.


Reporting for this story was paid for through the Meta-funded Afghan Journalists Project in Residence.



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