Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government is facing a steep hill to climb in the polls after the 2024 budget failed the sway voters back to Liberal Party, new polling shows.
Toronto, ON, February 19, 2021 â Amid news reports that the UK, US and other non G-7 countries are further along in their vaccination efforts than Canada is, a new Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News has found that seven in ten (71%) Canadians agree (30% strongly/41% somewhat) that it makes them angry that Canada is falling behind other countries in its vaccination rates. The feeling of anger is stronger among men (75%) than among women (67%).
Many are prepared to give the Canadian government the benefit of the doubt, however, as 57% agree (17% strongly/40% somewhat) that the delays we are experiencing with the rollout of the vaccine in Canada are to be expected and are out of the control of the federal government and as such arenât really their fault. On this point there is less uniformity: those in Atlantic Canada (70%) are most likely to agree, followed by Canadians living in Quebec (62%), Ontario (57%), British Columbia (55%), Alberta (47%) and Saskatchewa
Toronto, ON, January 16, 2021 – With vaccines being slowly rolled out across the country, support for the idea of making the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for all Canadians is on the rise, according to a new Ipsos poll conducted on behalf of Global News.
Two in three (64%) Canadians agree (34% strongly/29% somewhat) that they support a mandatory vaccine, up 5 points since November, with support ranging as high as 71% in British Columbia and as low as 51% in Alberta. Canadians over aged 55 and over are most supportive of the vaccine being mandatory (73%), while those aged 18-34 (61%) and 35-54 (56%) are less supportive.
What’s clear is that, having now seen people around the world being vaccinated, Canadians are becoming more comfortable with the idea of being vaccinated themselves: 72% now agree (45% strongly/27% somewhat) that they would personally take a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as they could, without hesitation, up 20 points since November. Those in BC (88%), appear far more ea