This is The Week in Polling, your Saturday dose of interesting numbers from top pollsters in Canada and around the world, curated by The Hub. Here’s what we’re looking at this week.
Trudeau’s potential replacements are virtually unknown
As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s popularity reaches all-time lows, a change in the leadership of the Liberal Party seems inevitable. However, his potential replacements are effectively unknown to voters.
While 98 percent of Canadians recognize Trudeau, less than 40 percent could name Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland. This comes after loud rumblings that Freeland could soon be out of a job due as the party tries to assign blame for a historic loss in a recent Toronto by-election.
Former governor of both Canada and England’s national banks Mark Carney, who some see as Trudeau’s most compelling replacement, was recognized by a mere 7 percent of Canadians. Interestingly enough, news broke this week that Trudeau met with Carney to see if he would join the Liberal government, presumably to take on Freeland’s role as minister of finance.
