Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's approval rating has dropped by 16 points over the past six months according to polling by Forum Research Inc.
Their polls on Trudeau's approval rating show:
42% -- April
45% -- March
48% -- January
51% -- December
58% -- November
Forum Research president Lorne Bozinoff says, "Trudeau’s level of approval should be of concern to Liberals across the country, as the once irrepressibly popular prime minister now sees his disapproval exceed his approval. Perhaps it’s the aftermath of an unpopular budget, or just a general lack of interest that comes with the middle of a mandate, but, whatever the cause, Trudeau doesn’t seem to be connecting with Canadians right now.”
Beyond the unpopular budget tabled in March, it has been suggested that Trudeau's numbers have dropped because of his broken promise on electoral reform, his Christmas vacation on a billionaire's private island in the Bahamas, Liberal cash-for-access fundraising practices, and his approval of two tar sands pipelines.
There may also be the emerging feeling that while many voted for him to implement "real change", many of his policies (on free trade deals, health care funding, tar sands pipelines, water protection) are reflective of the Harper era.
On January 25, CBC poll analyst Eric Grenier observed, "Trudeau's approval ratings have dropped to their lowest level since he became prime minister, according to a new poll. But an analysis of the popularity of his predecessors suggests Trudeau's sliding numbers are typical of a prime minister roughly 15 months after taking office."
He then highlighted that at the 15 month point (January 2017) Trudeau's approval rating was 48 per cent, compared to Stephen Harper's 49 per cent approval rating at his 15 month anniversary (spring of 2007).
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