CANADIANS SHARPLY And EVENLY DIVIDED OVER TRUDEAU'S PANDEMIC PERFORMANCE....Poll Suggests

By Chandrayee Roy Choudhury, Canada:

A new poll says public opinion on the political response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada is deeply divided, with those polled split evenly on the question of how Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has handled the emergency.



The poll, conducted by the Angus Reid Institute in partnership with CBC, found that 48 per cent of Canadians say Trudeau has done a "good" or "very good" job during the pandemic so far.



Another 48 per cent said Trudeau has done a "bad" or "very bad" job.



Among those who said Trudeau has performed poorly, 31 per cent said he's handled the pandemic very badly — twice the number of respondents who said he's done a very good job.



Four per cent of respondents said they didn't or couldn't say how well Trudeau has performed.



The responses were collected through an online survey conducted from March 1 to 4 on a representative randomized sample of 2,550 Canadians 18 and older who are members of the Angus Reid Forum. For comparison purposes only, a probability sample of this size would carry a margin of error of plus or minus two percentage points, 19 times out of 20.