Insights

How we feel about world leaders and a disrupted world order is playing a much bigger role in how Canadians think about their political options today.

In our latest Spark Advocacy polling we found that 74% give Mark Carney and his government a good or acceptable rating for handling Canada-US relations, a number which has held steady from our last measurement, when negotiations had broken off.

Despite, or because of, these uniquely challenging times, Carney has drawn support from left, right and centre; and polarization has eased.

With a few weeks to go to the midterms, the President continues to lose Americans when it comes to his tariff policies. Here’s how some critical races are shaping up.

Details around service standards and price impacts will matter, but the public instinct is less anxiety and more willingness to imagine the upsides of change.

80% are willing to tax or limit exports of oil, canola, potash and electricity, and end purchases of US military equipment.

Canadian voters are galvanized by Trump’s attacks and aligned with Carney’s approach.

Conservatives sit 24 points behind the Liberals among voters on the centre of the spectrum.

Canadians aren't flinching, panicking or for capitulating in the face of Trump's pressure tactics. Trump's schtick is getting old.