Trudeau Trails Tory Leader as Most Trusted Inflation Fighter

  • Poilievre polls better than Canadian PM on key economic issue
  • Nearly 20% don’t trust any party leader to curb inflation

Pierre Poilievre speaks to the Conservative Party caucus in Ottawa on Sept. 12.

Photographer: David Kawai/Bloomberg
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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is beating Prime Minster Justin Trudeau on Canada’s top economic issue, just over a month after taking the reins of the main opposition party.

Polling by Nanos Research Group for Bloomberg News shows 30% of Canadians rank Poilievre as the leader most trusted to reduce inflation, compared with 22% for Trudeau and 10% for Jagmeet Singh of the left-leaning New Democratic Party.