Canadians Give Trudeau Low Marks for Housing Affordability in Poll

  • Ontario, West are more negative than Quebec, Atlantic region
  • Government has tried to accelerate building through incentives

Justin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister, speaks at the Australia-Canada Economic Leadership Forum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Two in three Canadians say Trudeau’s government is doing a poor job of introducing policies to make housing affordable, according to a new poll.

Photographer: Galit Rodan/Bloomberg
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Two in three Canadians say Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is doing a poor job of introducing policies to make housing affordable, according to a new poll.

The survey by Nanos Research for Bloomberg News suggests a flurry of announcements from Trudeau’s Liberals in the past six months haven’t resonated yet with Canadians, who are struggling with rental inflation at a 40-year high and ballooning mortgage interest costs.