Stephen Harper is popular in Alberta, 51% have a positive view, but his popularity has collapsed elsewhere.
Jean Chrétien is the most popular Canadian for the former Prime Minister of today. Reigns as a person with. He defeated Prairie's favorite Stephen Harper and Ontario's beloved Pierre Trudeau.
According to a new study conducted by Leger for the Canadian Research Association, 41% of Canadians are positive about Chrétien, who was Prime Minister from 1993 to 2003. I was looking at it. This is despite his government having its own scandal.
Roughly speaking, Chrétien, a member of parliament in 1963 and a senior position under the Liberal Party governments of Trudeau Sr. and John Turner, is not simply polarized throughout the country. , Said President Jack Jedwab. Canadian Research Association
"I don't think he offended many," he said.
Unlike other Prime Ministers, Trudeau wore a Gray Cup cloak in the 1970s, but Stephen Harper waved his son's hand when he dropped him off at school. The state of being drawn was drawn.
"We don't hold much about these prime ministers. We hold specific things about them," Jedwab said. "I think Chrétien has fostered the image of being less elitist than any other prime minister. He was, so to speak, a person."
Also, Mr. Jedwab said Mr. Chrétien. He said he was the last prime minister nearly 20 years ago, so his scandals and bad political moves are not very memorable.
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Que claims that Chrétien benefited from real estate sales in his hometown of Shawinigan. Has its origins in the 1980s. And Adscam, a sponsorship scandal that helped defeat Chrétien's successor, Paul Martin, has its roots in a program run under Chrétien, which the Liberal Party has abandoned with tens of millions of dollars in government funding. Was there. (In a scandal investigation, Chrétien made a famous appearance with a golf ball briefcase. He talked about it widely.)
From the perspective of regional disparities, Chrétien is the most popular in Ontario. , 45%, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Atlantic Canada 42%, Quebec 39%, Alberta 38%, British Columbia 32%.
Here is an element of Teflon-coated Chrétien, Jedwab said, but still, 31 percent of Canadians have a negative view of him.
Still, he is more popular and much less polarized than other prime ministers in the last few decades, including Harper.
The passage of time also seems to have benefited Brian Mulroney, who was Prime Minister from 1983 to 1993, Jedwab said. Mulroney presided over the first free trade negotiations with the controversial United States, failed in constitutional negotiations at Meech Lake, a very unpopular introduction of GST, and between Mulroney's government members and aircraft manufacturers. I was in charge of the Airbus affair, which is supposed to be a kickback plan.
"Brian Mulroney is a big part of the hit ... but over time, I think people are beginning to forget the kind of scandal he encountered. "Mulroney," said Jedwab. "That's what we hold about them."
Mulroney still has a positive view of 36%, the highest 45% in Quebec and the lowest 20 in British Columbia. %is.
Harper, who ruled for about 10 years from 2006 to 2015, is popular in Alberta, with 51% favoring it, but his popularity elsewhere. Then it is collapsing. 32% on the Atlantic coast of Canada and 32% in Quebec have a positive outlook, followed by 37% in Ontario and 43% in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
Only 35% of Canadians have a positive view of Harper and 45% have a negative view. I have a typical view. ..
"Many people see him as a true polarized person, and he is not the one who could really unite the country," Jedwab said. Stated. "I also think they see him ideologically on the right side. The country is. It's not where the country is."
Trudeau Sr. affirms 37% It has a positive view and a 19% negative view. He is very much loved in Ontario (44% positive) and despised in Alberta — the national energy program is still very close — (27% have a positive view). .. In Quebec, where constitutional negotiations have left a sour taste among many Quebecs, only 31 percent have a positive view of him.
"I was a little surprised by Pierre Elliott Trudeau," Jedwab said. Perhaps he argues that frustration with Justin Trudeau distorts Elder Trudeau's view in an ironic fate, as Trudeau Jr. is likely to have benefited from his father's legacy. did.
John Turner, Joe Clark, Kim Campbell, and Paul Martin were not included in the vote due to their relatively short working hours.
For those who are aspiring to be prime ministers, or who are thinking of their heritage, poll results may have "some comfort."
"Over time, their legacy risk will get better, because people tend to forget who they are," Jedwab said. “Not remembering who they are can lead to something more positive.”
The result is 2,118 Canadians from June 10th to June 12th. From the online Leger survey of. The margin of error cannot be calculated, but the margin of error for the 2,118 equivalent probability sample is +/-. 1.9%, 19 out of 20 times.
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