Manitoba government has Canada’s worst approval rating on pandemic response, illicit drug issues: poll
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This article was published 08/06/2020 (1927 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
OTTAWA — Manitobans are the least likely to say their provincial government has done a good job handling COVID-19, according to a new Angus Reid poll.
Just 70 per cent of Manitobans approve of how their province is responding to the pandemic, compared with an 80 per cent average elsewhere in the country.
Alberta, which ranked second last, had 75 per cent approval.
Manitobans were also the most critical, by far, of how their province has handled drug-use and addictions issues.
Just 62 per cent of Manitobans disapprove of the province’s approach compared with an average of 43 per cent disapproval nationally. Violent crime linked to methamphetamines remains common in parts of central Winnipeg.
The firm surveyed 5,001 Canadians online, 498 of whom were Manitobans, May 19-24.
Using that same data, Angus Reid published a poll last month that put Premier Brian Pallister’s approval rating at 47 per cent, effectively tied for last place with Alberta Premier Jason Kenney.
Pallister had received just a four-point rise in support over the course of the pandemic, compared with double-digit increases in support for most other premiers.
At the time, the premier said he doesn’t care about popularity.
“If you don’t like me, that’s fine. If you like our results on COVID, that’s good,” Pallister said on May 28.
Angus Reid’s polling released Monday shows that results could be impacting Pallister’s flat approval rating.
The firm found Manitobans were second from the bottom when it comes to happiness with their government’s handling of 13 issues; only Nova Scotia’s government had lower approval in areas that included employment, health care and the environment.
Yet the PC government would have 45 per cent support if an election were suddenly called, a nine-point lead over the NDP, according to Angus Reid’s recurring polling.
dylan.robertson@freepress.mb.ca
Angus-Reid poll on approval by province on COVID-19 and other issues
