Disenchantment with Justin Trudeau-led govt continues unabated: New Canada poll

Seventy per cent of Canadians believe the country is “broken”, even as more citizens now prefer the ‘None of the Above’ option for the country’s next Prime Minister to the current incumbent Justin Trudeau.

Disenchantment with the Trudeau-led Liberal Party government continues unabated in the country, as a new survey by the agency for Leger for Postmedia found 70% of respondents agreeing with the sentiment “everything is broken in the country right now”. That figure includes 43% of those that voted for the ruling party in the 2021 election.

Nearly 60% are actually “angry” over how the country is being managed, an increase of nine points since 2023.

Driving that negativity are sticky issues that will impact the next election, scheduled for October 2025. These include concerns over cost of living and inflation, the state of health care and housing affordability.

Meanwhile, another new poll from the non-partisan, non-profit Angus Reid Institute (ARI) showed that just 17% of respondents want to see Trudeau back as PM, while a far larger figure, 28%, chose the ‘None of the Above’ option. The only leader to poll above that mark was Conservative Pierre Poilievre. A release from ARI noted that he maintains a “significant advantage over his rivals, as he is comfortably the most likely leader to be viewed as suited to the job of Prime Minister”.