Canada’s ruling Conservative government is at a 20 year low in public opinion for a federal government, according to a new poll released by Ekos Research.
The poll suggests Canadians highly disapprove of the performance of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, with only 24 per cent of respondents feeling he was doing a good job, and 69 per cent disapproving of his performance.
Trust in the Canadian government to do the right thing all or most of the time has fallen to its lowest levels since 1990. And Ekos suggests “we haven’t reached the basement yet.”
Although the poll suggests that the ongoing Senate expense scandal does not explain all the loss of confidence in the government, the poll shows 91 per cent of Canadians say they have been closely following the developments.
The number of people who think Canada’s upper chamber of sober second thought, the Senate, should be abolished, has barely changed: 54 per cent in 2013 and 58 per cent in 1994. But, the number who disagree has jumped from 18 to 30 per cent.
The survey was carried out between October 26 and 29, and the margin of error associated with the total sample is +/-2.6 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
More information:
Summary of Ekos poll – here
Full poll results (pdf) – here
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