{"id":292717,"date":"2016-01-06T12:45:35","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T17:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/2016\/01\/a-content-canada\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T15:24:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T19:24:29","slug":"a-content-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/2016\/01\/a-content-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"A&nbsp;content&nbsp;Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The economy is weak, the price of oil has collapsed, and the loonie is doing a swan dive, but Canadians are surprisingly happy with the performance of the federal government and the general direction of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2007, Nanos Research and the Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) have partnered to take the <a href=\"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/nanos-report-2015.pdf\">political pulse of the nation<\/a>. This year, the pulse couldn\u2019t be clearer.<\/p>\n<p>A large majority (60%) rated the performance of the new Liberal government as good or very good. To some extent, that\u2019s not surprising; new governments often enjoy a honeymoon. More interesting is that this positive assessment is a new record in the nine years the survey has been conducted \u2013 and fully 50% higher than the previous record of 40% recorded after the Conservatives won a majority in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>And this good feeling extends to the nation at large, despite the economy\u2019s struggles in 2015 and harbingers of more bad news in 2016. Sixty-three percent said Canada \u201cis moving in the right direction\u201d \u2013 only a hair below the 66% who said the same in 2007, when the economy was booming.<\/p>\n<p>The most dramatic change recorded by the survey involves federal-provincial relations, which slightly more than half of Canadians felt had improved \u2013 a positive assessment more than double the highest response since 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, for the government, such exuberance comes with risk. In today\u2019s fickle political environment, a successful government is one which is adept at managing expectations.<\/p>\n<p>So far, it looks like the Liberals are satisfied to let them run high.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/nanos-figure12.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-23605 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/nanos-figure12.png\" alt=\"Nanos figure1\" width=\"1090\" height=\"982\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Nanos-figure21.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-23607 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Nanos-figure21.png\" alt=\"Nanos figure2\" width=\"1090\" height=\"833\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Nanos-figure31.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-23609 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Nanos-figure31.png\" alt=\"Nanos figure3\" width=\"1090\" height=\"982\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/&lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/gallery-286903p1.html?cr=00&amp;pl=edit-00&quot;&gt;Anton Bielousov&lt;\/a&gt; \/ &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/editorial?cr=00&amp;pl=edit-00&quot;&gt;Shutterstock.com&lt;\/a&gt;\">Photo<\/a>: Anton Bielousov \/ Shutterstock.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The economy is weak, the price of oil has collapsed, and the loonie is doing a swan dive, but Canadians are surprisingly happy with the performance of the federal government and the general direction of the country. 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