4 in 10 Canadians say Pierre Poilievre best choice for PM: poll
Pierre Poilievre’s polling momentum continues to chug along with 40 per cent of Canadians saying he’s the best choice to be prime minister, according to a new Ipsos poll done exclusively for Global News.Poilievre’s favourables on this question are up five points from a year ago. The number of respondents who think Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is the best choice remains static year-over-year at 31 per cent.Ipsos CEO Darrell Bricker said this gap shows the Conservatives could form a majority government if an election was held today.“So a real economic set of concerns.”The amount of respondents who think NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is the best choice to be prime minister slipped four points since September 2022, with 22 per cent of respondents saying he’s the best choice to lead the government.On core issues facing Canada around the economy, health care and housing, the poll found a plurality of Canadians think Poilievre has the best plans across all three areas.Regionally, Poilievre’s favourables top the list in every province and region except for Quebec.
The territories were not included in this poll.The poll shows Poilievre has pulled ahead as preferred prime minister in Ontario at 42 per cent, compared to Trudeau’s 38 per cent.When it comes to cities, Bricker says the suburbs will be the battleground in the next election.“Downtowns, no they’re pretty much a dead zone for the Conservative Party in most parts of the country,” Bricker said.“But the suburbs, they’re competitive in. Particularly in the car-commuting suburbs around the city of Toronto and other big cities where we’ve seen the most population growth and the parts of the country that are seeing more seats as we go through redistribution.”While the Conservatives
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