A new poll from the Angus Reid Institute suggests Canadians are giving Prime Minister Mark Carney's government a passing grade in its first year of international relations, but it has failed to meet expectations on affordability issues.

The poll asked 2,013 Canadians a series of questions about the government's performance since it won the election on April 28, 2025.

Last spring's election campaign was dominated by the trade war with the U.S. and centred on who was best positioned to handle the relationship with the mercurial President Donald Trump and the economic turbulence of his tariffs.

A year later, just 31 per cent of those polled said they think the Canada-U.S. relationship will be the top concern for the government in the next year. The No. 1 priority for 52 per cent of respondents was reducing the cost of living.

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[–] orioler25@lemmy.ca 22 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They're not gonna, a requirement for the direction they want Canada's economy to go in is the continued exploitation of workers within the state's borders. They're going to respond with a number of neoliberalized subsidy programs at most to deflect criticism for a few years. If we're lucky, some tax credits. Libs having a majority has basically left us on our own, start focusing on municipal and provincial politics and see what can be done at those levels (which is a lot).

[–] Yliaster@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

Appreciate the perspective. Thanks for posting.