A majority of Canadians are concerned (42%) or somewhat concerned (29%) about the new federal budget increasing the country’s deficit to over 40 billion dollars, which is 10 billion dollars more than estimated in last fall’s economic snapshot. Residents of the Prairies are most likely to report being concerned (54%), while those from Quebec are least likely (27% concerned).
Based on what they’ve heard about the most recent federal budget, about two in five Canadians say it has done a poor (19%) or very poor (20%) job addressing the issues they and their families are worried about, while one in three say it has done an average job (33%). Residents of the Prairies (35%) and B.C. (26%) are most likely to say the new federal budget has done a very poor job.
About two in three Canadians support (36%) or somewhat support (32%) tax dollars being used for an initiative like the recently tabled federal budget which prioritized more than 20 billion dollars towards a multi-year green plan aimed at building environmentally friendly projects and businesses in Canada and to compete with the USA to attract green investments.
Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) hybrid telephone and online random survey of 1,063 Canadians, 18 years of age or older, between April 1st to 6th, 2023 as part of an omnibus survey. Participants were randomly recruited by telephone using live agents and administered a survey online.
The margin of error for this survey is ±3.0 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
This study was commissioned by CTV News and the research was conducted by Nanos Research.
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