THIS SURVEY EXPLORES CANADIANS’ AND AMERICANS’ PERSPECTIVES ON THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS AND OTHER CURRENT EVENTS IN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES.
Our latest North American Tracker explores Canadians’ and Americans’ perspectives on politics and current events in their respective nations.
We asked Americans a series of questions about the November 8 midterm elections and their voting intentions, while among Canadians, we explored perspectives on immigration, the carbon tax, inflation and the notwithstanding clause.
Download the report for the full results.
This survey is conducted in collaboration with the Association for Canadian Studies (ACS) and published in the Canadian Press. This series of surveys is available on Leger’s website.
AMERICAN POLITICS: THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS AND VOTING INTENTIONS
41% of Americans are satisfied with the results of the November 8 midterm elections.
57% of Americans believe the midterm elections were fair and democratic, 19% think there was fraud and corruption and 24% don’t know/refuse to answer.
34% of Republican voters* say the elections were fair and democratic, 40% say there was fraud and corruption and 26% don’t know/refuse to answer.
90% of Democratic voters** say the elections were fair and democratic, 2% say there was fraud and corruption, and 8% don’t know/refuse to answer.
American Republican voters* are split on who they would prefer to be the Republican candidate for 2024: 43% say Trump, 45% say DeSantis, 13% did not specify.
44% of Canadians followed the American midterm elections.
*Those who plan to vote Republican in the 2024 presidential election
**Those who plan to vote Democrat in the 2024 presidential election
CANADIAN POLITICS: IMMIGRATION AND THE CARBON TAX
49% of Canadians think the Government of Canada’s immigration plan will admit too many immigrants to Canada.
75% of Canadians are concerned the immigration plan will result in excessive demand for housing and health and social services.
77% of Canadians agree the carbon tax on gasoline, diesel and home heating fuels should be frozen until high inflation passes.
METHODOLOGY
This web survey was conducted from November 11 to 13, 2022, with 1,537 Canadians and 1,007 Americans, 18 years of age or older, randomly recruited from LEO’s online panel.
A margin of error cannot be associated with a non-probability sample in a panel survey. For comparison, a probability sample of 1,537 respondents would have a margin of error of ±2.50%, 19 times out of 20, while a probability sample of 1,007 respondents would have a margin of error of ±3.09%, 19 times out of 20.
THIS REPORT CONTAINS THE RESULTS FOR THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS AND MORE!
How concerned or unconcerned are you that the government’s immigration plan will result in excessive demand for housing and health and social services in Canada?
In your opinion, is it a good idea or a bad idea for Parliament or a legislature to shield some of its laws from the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
To what extent do you agree with the following statement: the carbon tax on gasoline, diesel and home heating fuels should be frozen until the period of high inflation passes and prices begin to moderate.
Did you vote in the U.S. midterm elections on November 8?
Did you follow the American midterm elections of November 8?
Would you like Donald Trump to run for president in 2024?
Would you like Joe Biden to run for president in 2024?
OTTAWA – Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet and MPs from several other parties were on Parliament Hill Thursday to call for the Senate to pass a Bloc bill on supply management.
The private member’s bill seeks to protect Canada’s supply management system during international trade negotiations.
The dairy, egg and poultry sectors are all supply managed, a system that regulates production levels, wholesale prices and trade.
Flanked by a large group of people representing supply-managed sectors, Blanchet commended the cross-party support at a time when he said federal institutions are at their most divided.
The Bloc has given the Liberals until Oct. 29 to pass two of its bills — the supply management bill and one that would boost old age security — or it will begin talks with other opposition parties to bring down the minority government.
The Liberals have already signalled they don’t plan to support the Bloc pension legislation, but Liberal ministers have spoken in support of supply management.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 10, 2024.
OTTAWA – Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he’s in favour of mandatory, involuntary drug and psychiatric treatment for kids and prisoners who are found to be incapable of making decisions for themselves.
He said earlier this summer he was open to the idea, but needed to study the issue more closely.
His new position on the issue comes after the parents of a 13-year-old girl from B.C. testified at a parliamentary committee about her mental health struggles before her overdose death in an encampment of homeless people in Abbotsford, B.C.
They said their daughter was discharged from care despite their repeated attempts to keep her in treatment.
Poilievre says he’s still researching how mandatory treatment would work in the case of adults.
Compulsory mental health and addictions care is being contemplated or expanded in several provinces as communities struggle to cope with a countrywide overdose crisis.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 10, 2024.
