Jason Kenney’s approval rating plummets in the wake of Alberta budget cuts
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is feeling the political effects of
budget cuts his government announced in October, with his approval
rating plummeting 15 percentage points in a matter of months.
budget cuts his government announced in October, with his approval
rating plummeting 15 percentage points in a matter of months.
Kenney
is now the third-least popular premier among the provinces included in
the poll conducted by DART and Maru/Blue Voice Canada and provided
exclusively to Postmedia. That’s a startling drop from September when
Kenney was third from the top, behind Quebec Premier François Legault
and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe.
The slide in approval comes in
the wake of a United Conservative government budget that plans to bring
expenditures $1.3 billion below last year’s spending levels. Over the
next four years, the government expects to cut $4 billion worth of
provincial spending.