NATIONAL PULSE – Trudeau, Poilievre, Singh all viewed negatively by majority

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE

December 20, 2024 – The holidays are often a season of reflection, but for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the scale of personal deliberation is reportedly going to be gargantuan, as he will decide whether or not to lead his party into an expected election this fall (or earlier) or to step aside for a new Liberal leader. Trudeau’s steadfast position that he would lead the party for one more election was evidently shaken by the resignation of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland earlier this week.

New data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds that Trudeau endured a difficult 2024 in the public eye, seeing his approval rate fall four points between January and December to just 28 per cent. This is tied for his lowest point in public opinion, after more than nine years in the nation’s top job.

His fellow major federal party leaders are faring better, but not by much. Both CPC leader Pierre Poilievre and NDP leader Jagmeet Singh are viewed unfavourably by more than half of Canadians and have the favourable opinion of fewer than two-in-five:

While Trudeau sunk to his lowest point in 2024, generating a -40 in net approval (approval minus disapproval), both of his competitors endured attrition as well. Though his party enjoys a significant vote intention advantage to end the year, Poilievre holds a -18 net favourability. This mark grew by eight points throughout the year. In a year where he ended his party’s Supply and Confidence Agreement with the governing Liberals, Singh saw his net favourability drop from -4 to -16, the largest negative movement of any leader:

Link to the poll here: www.angusreid.org/