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A new poll from Léger and the Association of Canadian Studies suggests a majority of Quebecers are satisfied with how François Legault is handling the pandemic.
Fifty-five per cent of respondents from Quebec said Legault was doing a good job. That puts him between Ontario’s Doug Ford (50 per cent) and British Columbia’s John Horgan (59 per cent).
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Respondents in the Maritimes, where COVID-19 cases have been more contained, were most satisfied with their premiers. Stephen McNeil fared best, with 78 per cent of Nova Scotians approving of his job.
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Non-francophone Quebecers are much less satisfied than their francophone counterparts with Premier François Legault’s government’s handling of the COVID-19 crisis, according to results of a survey by the Association of Canadian Studies and Léger.
The survey also revealed significant differences between the two communities in other areas related to the pandemic: It found that non-francophone Quebecers are far more afraid of getting COVID-19 and considerably more supportive than francophone Quebecers of a holiday lockdown the closing of all non-essential businesses as a way of tackling the pandemic.
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