{"id":133003,"date":"2025-09-10T05:23:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T05:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/133003\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T05:23:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T05:23:17","slug":"eby-tied-for-2nd-least-popular-premier-in-canada-as-poll-finds-downward-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/133003\/","title":{"rendered":"Eby tied for 2nd least popular premier in Canada, as poll finds \u2018downward trend\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

British Columbia Premier David Eby is tied for the second least popular provincial leader in the country, according to new polling from the Angus Reid Institute.<\/p>\n

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The pollster\u2019s latest approval ratings for Canadian premiers gave Eby a 41 per cent approval rating, down five points from June and 12 points from March.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe find a pretty distinct downward trend forming now for David Eby,\u201d Angus Reid Institute research director Dave Korsinski told Global News.<\/p>\n

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\u201cPretty clearly something is going on here.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Korsinski said it is typical for a premier\u2019s popularity to fade over time, but that all provincial leaders received something of a \u201cTrump bump\u201d in the spring when tensions flared with the United States over tariffs and annexation threats.<\/p>\n

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Since then, he said only Eby and Quebec Premier Francois Legault \u2014 the country\u2019s least popular premier with just 22 per cent favourability \u2014 have seen a steady downward slide.<\/p>\n

Korsinski said in Eby\u2019s case, British Columbians have since rated numerous issues as a higher priority than tensions with the U.S., none of them easy for the government to solve.<\/p>\n

Cost of living remains the top issue in the province (54 per cent), followed by health care (48 per cent) and housing (35 per cent), he said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe cost of inflation is really key for a lot of people, and what we\u2019ve seen is the economy is shedding jobs \u2014 two months in a row now that we\u2019ve lost 15,000-plus jobs in the province,\u201d Korsinski said, adding the province is facing mounting debt.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a little bit easier to manage when you\u2019ve got Trump in the news and Canada and the 51st state and saying, \u2018We\u2019ve got to support our businesses and we\u2019ve got to backstop all of these different areas of the economy,\u2019 but now that people are a few months removed from that, the Trump issue is way down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Korsinski said those economic issues, combined with ongoing labour strife in B.C., Eby\u2019s recent comments on curtailing immigration and his government\u2019s legislation to fast-track resource projects over Indigenous objection mean his approval could be taking hits among people of different political backgrounds who are animated by very different issues.<\/p>\n

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Despite the challenges, Korsinski said Eby still holds one political advantage: his chief opponent, BC Conservative Leader John Rustad, has a lower favourability score than he does, with just 28 per cent approval.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSo Eby has a pretty significant advantage there, but when you start to lose out on the issues, it can become difficult to connect with people if they don\u2019t trust that you\u2019re going to make things better,\u201d Korsinski said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey gave them this bump in March and said, you know, let\u2019s rally around the premier, let\u2019s rally around the country, but now they want results. And I don\u2019t think that\u2019s what people are perceiving right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

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At 41 per cent, Eby is now tied in favourability with Ontario Premier Doug Ford \u2014 though Ford has seen his support climb by three per cent since June and surge from the 20s last year.<\/p>\n

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew remains the most popular leader in Canada (61 per cent), followed by Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston (53 per cent), New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt (52 per cent) and Newfoundland and Labrador Premier John Hogan (51 per cent).<\/p>\n

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The only premiers to see their favourability increase since June were Hogan (+12), Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe (+1) and Ford.<\/p>\n

The Angus Reid Institute conducted an online survey from Aug. 28 to Sept. 5, 2025, among a randomized sample of 4,045 Canadian adults who are members of\u00a0Angus Reid Forum, including 528 British Columbians. The margin of error for British Columbia is +\/- 4 per cent.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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