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The Week in Polling: Canadians think Justin Trudeau is the worst modern PM, students having trouble getting jobs, and concerns about immigration quadruple

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with Algoma Steel workers in Sault Ste. Marie, Aug. 30, 2024. Kenneth Armstrong/The Canadian Press.

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.

Canadians think Justin Trudeau is the worst prime minister since 1968

When put up against all of the prime ministers since the start of his father, Pierre Elliot Trudeau’s, tenure in the late sixties, current prime minister Justin Trudeau was rated the worst by more than a third of Canadians. To add insult to injury, 14 percent of those who voted for Justin as the worst prime minister since 1968 are Liberal voters.

The best prime minister was found to be, funnily enough, the elder Trudeau, with 18 percent of the vote. Canada’s previous prime minister, Stephen Harper, trailed him by just two points.

More than half of Canadian post-secondary students have difficulty getting part-time or summer jobs

Canadian college and university students find both finding a part-time job during the school year and finding summer employment, co-ops, or internships following the next school year to be at least somewhat difficult.

On average, according to 2023 numbers from Statistics Canada, about 51 percent of college and university students between the ages of 18 and 22 are employed.

Concerns about immigration and refugees in Canada have quadrupled in the last two years

Only 5 percent of Canadians listed “immigration/refugees” as a top issue facing Canada in 2022. However, in 2024, the number increased more than fourfold, reaching 21 percent.

Conservative and Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre recently said that Trudeau is responsible for ruining the “multigenerational consensus” that bringing more people to live on Canadian soil benefits all Canadians.

The Liberal government has made plans to bring 500,000 immigrants to Canada in both 2025 and 2026. Sixty-five percent of Canadians, according to a recent poll, say that the proposed numbers are too high.

Aiden Muscovitch

Aiden Muscovitch is a student at the University of Toronto studying Ethics, Society and Law. He has served as The Hub's Assistant Editor and writes The Week in Polling. He has also worked as an intern for Conservative Member of Parliament and Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Michael Chong.

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