Marijuana Moment
As Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prepares to leave office, Canadians are giving him an exit review—and he’s evidently earned the highest marks for his role in legalizing marijuana nationwide.
A survey of Canadian adults from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute found that, among the prime minister’s policy achievements, cannabis reform was the most popular, with 52 percent describing it as a success of the administration. Just 24 percent called it a failure.
Out of 10 policy items that respondents were asked about, legalization was the only one with majority support.
Going down the list, 47 percent gave Trudeau credit for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, 46 percent supported his expansion of social services, 45 percent said he effectively navigated the Ukraine-Russia war and 39 percent backed his ban on assault-style firearms, for example.
Via Angus Reid Institute.
Marijuana legalization also proved more popular than the prime minister’s efforts to promote gender equality (38 percent), impose a federal carbon tax (19 percent), complete an oil pipeline (17 percent), respond to inflation (14 percent) and address immigration policy (10 percent).
The survey involved interviews with 1,850 Canadian adults from March 4-6, with a +/- 2 percentage point margin of error.
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