NATIONAL POST – Eby’s decline deepens in ratings for premiers’ performance
Premier David Eby. (Image: BC Govt)
Legault reaches new low of 22 per cent approval, while B.C. Premier down 12 points in six months
By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE
Sept. 9, 2025 – Once the most popular premier in the country, Quebec’s François Legault is now far and away the most unpopular.
New data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds one-in-five (22%) in Quebec approve of Legault, while more than three times as many (72%) do not. This marks the lowest approval of Legault since he first took office in 2018, and a remarkable reversal of fortunes for a leader who secured back-to-back majorities in 2018 and 2022. He now stares down “disastrous defeat”.
The ongoing public inquiry into the SAAQclic $500-million overspend has evidently not done Legault any favours, as he’s been skewered for admitting ignorance to the project’s ballooning budget.
Legault and his Coalition Avenir Quebec have 13 months to right the ship before the province’s scheduled election.
On the country’s west coast, another significant decline has been unfolding. British Columbia’s David Eby has seen his approval drop for the second consecutive quarter (41%, down five points from June and 12 from March) to the lowest rating he’s received since he’s been in office. This, as his government reckons with a strike of the BC General Employees union, a growing government deficit, and the fallout from recent court decisions on Indigenous land rights. Unlike Legault, however, Eby’s BC NDP won re-election less than one year ago.
The country’s next provincial election will feature one of its most recent additions to the ranks of premier, Newfoundland and Labrador’ John Hogan. After being sworn into the job in May, Hogan and his governing Liberal Party face an election in October. Half (51%) approve of his performance so far, a 12-point increase from last quarter when many were reserving judgement.
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