{"id":265844,"date":"2018-01-15T11:30:38","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T16:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/issues\/as-year-three-begins-support-for-liberals-softens\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T21:56:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T01:56:05","slug":"as-year-three-begins-support-for-liberals-softens","status":"publish","type":"issues","link":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/2018\/01\/as-year-three-begins-support-for-liberals-softens\/","title":{"rendered":"Support for Liberal government’s performance softens"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the Trudeau government moves into the third year of its mandate, support for its performance continues to soften. Trudeau is holding a series of town hall sessions across the country this month, which he has said is about getting out of the \u201cOttawa bubble<\/a>\u201d and connecting with Canadians at the community level.<\/p>\n

What is clear from our research is that the initial exuberance resulting from the Liberal win is on the wane. In a sense, the Trudeau government\u2019s support is suffering from the transition from the promise of governing to the practice of governing. The longer the Liberals govern, the more likely it is that Canadians will dwell on a policy or a decision they do not like.<\/p>\n

The annual Nanos Research-IRPP Mood of Canada survey,<\/a> now in its 11th year, found that nearly 4 in 10 Canadians described the performance of Justin Trudeau\u2019s government as very poor (24 percent) or somewhat poor (15 percent). Twenty-four percent rated it average, while just over 1 in 3 Canadians described it as very good (11 percent) or somewhat good (26 percent), and 1 percent are unsure (figure 1). This represents a 26-point decrease in \u201cvery good\u201d and a 12-point increase in \u201cvery poor\u201d since 2015.<\/p>\n

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