As questions loom over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s management, a brand new Nanos Analysis ballot commissioned for CTV Information says 1 / 4 of Canadians say not one of the potential Liberal management candidates attraction to them.
The survey supplied folks a collection of potential candidates to steer the celebration, together with the present chief, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and a variety of cupboard ministers and different high-profile Canadians. Of these polled, most chosen “not one of the above.”
“It signifies that proper now, there isn’t any saviour for the Liberal celebration,” Nanos Analysis founder Nik Nanos mentioned in an interview with CTV Information.
The ballot additionally discovered that amongst these surveyed, former Financial institution of Canada Governor Mark Carney is essentially the most interesting management candidate with 18 per cent assist, adopted by Trudeau and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland who’re tied at 11 per cent.
Carney is at the moment serving because the Liberal celebration’s financial advisor and has mentioned he plans to enter elected politics however gained’t say when or what job he desires.
Final month, Trudeau rebuffed calls from two dozen Liberal MPs for him to resign, main some to name for a secret poll vote on his management.
In response to these issues inside caucus, the Liberals have since launched new digital advertisements in a bid to distinction the celebration from the Conservatives, who proceed to considerably lead within the polls.
In accordance with the brand new Nanos ballot, 4 per cent say former B.C. premier Christy Clark is essentially the most interesting management candidate.
In a press release to CTV Information in October, Clark mentioned she would “need to be a part of the dialog on the longer term route of the Liberal Social gathering and of the nation” however acknowledged “the place of Liberal chief just isn’t going to be accessible any time quickly.”
Clark additionally mentioned in an interview with CTV’s Energy Play that she is open to returning to politics.
“I’ve by no means mentioned, from the minute I left politics, that I used to be going to shut the door on politics ceaselessly,” Clark instructed Energy Play host Vassy Kapelos.
Different cupboard ministers included within the ballot are International Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, Business Minister François-Philippe Champagne, Transport Minister Anita Anand, Public Security Minister Dominic Leblanc and Housing Minister Sean Fraser – who all acquired lower than 5 per cent assist every.
“It is fairly clear there are totally different tiers of management choices, at the very least for the Liberals,” Nanos mentioned. “However in case you’re a Liberal, you’re in all probability dissatisfied to see that not one of the above really does fairly effectively.”
Methodology
1,010 random interviews recruited from an RDD land- and cell-line pattern of Canadians aged 18 years and over, between November 4 to six, 2024. The margin of error for this survey is 3.0 share factors, plus or minus, 19 instances out of 20.
