Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is beating Prime Minster Justin Trudeau on Canada’s top economic issue, just over a month after taking the reins of the main opposition party.
Polling by Nanos Research Group for Bloomberg News shows 30 per cent of Canadians rank Poilievre as the leader most trusted to reduce inflation, compared with 22 per cent for Trudeau and 10 per cent for Jagmeet Singh of the left-leaning New Democratic Party.
Poilievre’s lead “speaks to the effectiveness of the new Conservative leader in carving out a personal brand on the rising cost of living,” pollster Nik Nanos said by email. Canadian inflation hit 8.1 per cent in June, the highest in almost four decades, and has eased somewhat to about 7 per cent since then. The Bank of Canada has raised interest rates by three percentage points since March to quell price pressures. Unlike the government, Governor Tiff Macklem has acknowledged that officials waited too long to withdraw stimulus from the economy.
Trudeau is, however, doing better on the question of economic growth: 28 per cent of Canadians see him as the most trusted leader to deal with the issue, essentially tied with Poilievre.
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