A majority of British Columbians are looking at options beyond Justin Trudeau as the federal election nears, a new Research Co. poll has found.
In the online survey of a representative provincial sample, 53% of British Columbians believe that “a different party leader would do things better in Ottawa as Prime Minister than Justin Trudeau.”
Men are more likely to believe that a different leader would fare better as Canada’s head of government (56%, compared to 50% for women).
One third (34%) of British Columbians who voted for the federal Liberal Party in the 2015 election also believe a different party leader would do things better in Ottawa than the incumbent.
“With a few months to go before the next federal campaign begins, animosity toward the current prime minister in British Columbia is strongest outside of Metro Vancouver,” says Mario Canseco, President of Research Co. “Majorities of voters in the Fraser Valley (58%), Southern BC (57%) and Northern BC (55%) would prefer to have a different leader in charge.”
In addition, 50% of British Columbians think that “a different party would do things better in Ottawa as a government than the Liberals.” This group includes majorities of British Columbians aged 18-to-34 (54%) and 55 and over (51%), as well as one-in-four (25%) federal Liberal voters from 2015.
When asked if they expect the Liberal Party to form the government again after the next federal election, 38% of British Columbians believe that this will be the case, while 44% disagree.
More than half of British Columbians report being “very familiar” or “moderately familiar” with the policies and ideas of the Liberal Party (78%), the New Democratic Party (NDP) (72%), the Conservative Party (69%) and the Green Party (59%).
Only 16% of British Columbians are “very familiar” or “moderately familiar” with the policies and ideas of the People’s Party, while three-in-four (75%) say they are “not too familiar” or “not familiar at all” with them.
Results are based on an online study conducted from March 8 to 10 among 800 adults in British Columbia. The data has been statistically weighted according to Canadian census figures for age, gender and region in British Columbia. The margin of error is +/- 3.5 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
Really I don’t think that it would matter, as the Liberal Party of Canada elected to have a Clown represent the Party, they are out of touch with the grassroots of this country and bulldoze their way through society to inflict their brand of left-wing ideology that does the most damage to Canada. They are not concerned with the dept, the unemployed in all of Canada, not just Quebec, our military vets, and impose hardship by introducing a carbon tax that cripples growth, there are other ways to help the environment but they chose the TAXTHEM way just to piss everybody off, as I said (out of touch with grassroots) and if you still think that the tax plan is revenue neutral I have property in Florida that I would like to sell you.
Would never vote Liberal and Justin let us all down. He will never be forgiven for passing the law making POT legal. The liberal party is the worst bunch of people ever elected. Campbell gave away B.C. and Trudeau, makes promises he cannot keep as he is to busy giving money to other countries instead of investing in our own. We should stop immigration now and let it rest for a while until we have resolved all our own problems like housing health care and education for our children.