Andrew Scheer would make the best PM: Poll

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Andrew Scheer would make the best PM: Poll
Postmedia News
Published:
December 20, 2018
Updated:
December 20, 2018 2:28 PM EST
Move over Justin Trudeau, it’s Andrew Scheer’s time to shine.
A new Angus Reid poll shows that for the first time since he won the election in 2015, Trudeau is not considered the best federal leader to run the country. Conservative Leader Scheer now holds that honour — with 33% of respondents choosing him and 27% picking Trudeau. Green Party Leader Elizabeth May came in third with 7% and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh got a dismal 6%. (The other 26% didn’t know.)
The poll also shows the Liberal prime minister’s popularity has taken a hit. His approval rating has sunk to 35%, compared to 46% this time last year. His disapproval rating now sits at a whopping 58%, which is the highest of all four of the party leaders.
Even younger Canadians appear to have become somewhat disillusioned. Now only 42% of 18-to-35-year-olds approve of the job Trudeau is doing, down from 52% last December.
The poll points to Trudeau’s “problem-plagued” India trip, irregular border crossings and the Trans Mountain pipeline debacle as some of the reasons for his decline.
The Angus Reid Institute conducted an online survey of 3,239 Canadian adults between Dec. 12-18. It is accurate to within +/- 1.4 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
QUEBEC RISES AS ALBERTA FALLS
When it comes to premiers, Francois Legault takes the crown as the most popular, according to a separate Dart Insight poll, rating nine of Canada’s provincial leaders. (P.E.I. and the territories are not included.)
After winning the Quebec election in October, the CAQ leader’s popularity is at 61%, according to the poll. The only other premier above 50% is Saskatchewan Party’s Scott Moe (56%, up one point from September).
Newfoundland-Labrador Liberal Premier Dwight Ball and NDP Alberta Premier Rachel Notley suffered the hardest falls. Ball dropped nine points from 42% to 33% and Notley went from 41% to 34%, which comes after her frustration with Ottawa over a stalled pipeline and equalization payments.
However, the least popular premier is Nova Scotia Liberal Premier Stephen McNeil who, despite gaining four points, has only 30% support.
Ontario Conservative Premier Doug Ford’s approval has slipped slightly. He is down two points at 35%. In Manitoba, Conservative Premier Brian Pallister’s support stands pat at 43%.
Dart Insight surveyed 5,962 Canadian adults from Dec. 5-12. The poll is accurate within +/- 1.4 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
PREMIERS RANKED
1. Francois Legault (Que.) — 61% (first measurement)
2. Scott Moe (Sask.) — 56% (+1)
3. John Horgan (B.C.) — 46% (-3)
4. Blaine Higgs (N.B.) — 43% (first measurement)
5. Brian Pallister (Man.) — 42% (no change)
6. Doug Ford (Ont.) — 35% (-2)
7. Rachel Notley (Alta.) — 34% (-7)
8. Dwight Ball (N.L.) — 33% (-9)
9. Stephen McNeil (N.S.) — 30% (+4)
http://angusreid.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018.12.18-federal-politics.pdf
http://torontosun.com/news/national/andrew-scheer-would-make-the-best-pm-poll
 
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No one, not one person at all, is good enough to be PM right now.

I wouldn't trust any PC or PC like party in power what so ever, which is sad because there are times I think a decent, old school PC Parliament might actually be good.

NDP is a nogo.

Liberal is waning on popularity and good governing but right now of them all I'd rather see them than anyone else.
 
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Serryah said:
No one, not one person at all, is good enough to be PM right now.

I wouldn't trust any PC or PC like party in power what so ever, which is sad because there are times I think a decent, old school PC Parliament might actually be good.

NDP is a nogo.

Liberal is waning on popularity and good governing but right now of them all I'd rather see them than anyone else.
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Better be putting a lot away for your children as they are going to be left holding the bag . Balanced budgets by 2041 and a trillion dollar dept . Is your Christmas gift from the Liberal government.
 
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Andrew Scheer Responds To Criticism Of Tory Support For 'United We Roll'

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer brushed off concerns this week about associating his party with "Yellow Vests Canada" — a populist group known for stirring up xenophobic sentiments and promoting violence.
The group is associated with the "United We Roll" protest that took place on Parliament Hill last week. Scheer said Monday the event was was organized by "people who have lost their jobs who are facing a tremendous amount of anxiety about what the future will bring."
"United We Roll" drew a few hundred protesters, including a convoy of truckers who travelled from Red Deer, Alta. to rally against government policies that affect the energy sector...………..hit the link for more
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Progressives are trying to stick the anti-immigration tag on him over the "Yellow Vests"
 
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Scheer pledges to remove GST from home heating

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is promising to remove federal sales tax from Canadians' home-heating bills as part of an early election campaign commitment.

If elected in the October federal election, Scheer says he would offer rebates to Canadians for the five per cent tax charged on all residential home energy, including heating oil, electricity, natural gas, propane, wood pellets and other heating sources.
Scheer estimates this could save Canadians an average of $107 per year.
The rebate would be capped at a maximum of $200 per household and would not be available for commercial energy costs.
The heating bills for investment properties would also not be eligible.
People who live in provinces that have harmonized provincial and federal sales taxes would get the same rebate.
"Heating your home in winter isn't a luxury for Canadians. It is a necessity," Scheer said. "We don't tax other basic necessities like groceries and we shouldn't be taxing home heating."
The Conservatives estimate the measure would cost the federal treasury $1.6 billion.
Scheer's promise comes as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has launched a campaign — complete with a series of Liberal party ads — aimed at drawing the public's attention to his carbon-pricing plan and how money raised from his imminent carbon tax will be rebated directly to residents of the four provinces that have no equivalent measures of their own.
The Trudeau government is requiring provinces to impose a price on carbon emissions, starting at $20 per tonne this year and rising by $10 per tonne annually until it hits $50 in 2022. Ottawa is imposing its own tax on Ontario, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and New Brunswick, as they continue to refuse to impose their own carbon pricing plan that meets federal targets.
Scheer has been a vocal opponent of the carbon tax and said the sales-tax cut would come along with scrapping the carbon tax if he becomes prime minister.
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I feel like Scheer we would good for the white nationalist climate change deniers but not for Canadians in general.

He wants the anti immigrant vote - he can have it. But don't come knocking on the door of normal people.
 
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Give the Liberal Party to Wilson-raybould and the Conservative Party to Lisa Raitt. We need people with more intellect leading these parties.
 
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All political parties praised Scheer when he was speaker of the house, very intelligent, articulated, just to bad he doesn't have that at the moment memorable gotcha strike phrase
 
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He has looked terrible during this whole SNC thing.

I don't think anyone outside of the base is anything but embarrassed by his electioneering
 
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