Canadian Poll #3: Carney Report Card

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What this poll asks

1. What letter grade would you give Mark Carney's time as prime minister so far?
2. Which of the following do you consider the biggest accomplishment of the Carney government so far?
3. Which of the following concerns you most about the Carney government so far?
4. Compared with Justin Trudeau, is Mark Carney doing a better job, a worse job, or about the same as prime minister?
5. The 2025 federal budget projected a deficit of about $78 billion. Which comes closest to your view?
6. Conservatives point out that the Carney government's 2025 budget plans about $68 billion more in spending over four years than the Trudeau government's last plan, with deficits about twice as large. The government says the extra spending is needed for defence, infrastructure and responding to U.S. tariffs. Do you support or oppose this increase in spending?
7. Do you agree or disagree with the decision to end the consumer carbon tax?
8. Some, including Ontario Premier Doug Ford, want Ottawa to scrap the industrial carbon price that large emitters such as steel and oil companies pay, to help them compete while U.S. tariffs are in place. Which comes closest to your view?
9. Do you support or oppose building a new oil pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast, as agreed between Ottawa and Alberta?
10. The NDP and the Greens say the Carney government has backed away from fighting climate change to help the oil and gas industry. Do you agree or disagree?
11. The government has lowered permanent resident targets to about 380,000 for 2026, down from about 500,000 a year under the previous government. Are immigration levels now too high, about right, or too low?
12. The federal budget plans to cut about 40,000 public service positions over several years. Has this gone too far, been about right, or not gone far enough?
13. Statistics Canada reported that crime fell across most of the country in 2025, and stricter federal bail and sentencing laws took effect in July 2026. Over the past year, has crime where you live gone up, gone down, or stayed about the same?
14. In January, Canada agreed to lower its tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles in exchange for China lowering its tariffs on Canadian canola. Do you support or oppose this deal?
15. Do you support or oppose raising Canada's defence spending to meet NATO's new goal of 5% of GDP by 2035?
16. Which comes closest to your view on Canada's relationship with the European Union?
17. Should the federal government be able to order striking workers back to work, as it did with Air Canada flight attendants in 2025?
18. Mark Carney placed his business investments in a blind trust before becoming prime minister. How confident are you that he keeps his past business interests separate from his decisions as prime minister?
19. Looking south of the border, what letter grade would you give U.S. President Donald Trump's second term so far?