By Gazette Staff
December 8th, 2025
BURLINGTON, ON
From the Queen’s Park Observer.
After a contentious fall session, Doug Ford appears to be slipping when it comes to public opinion.
The Angus Reid Institute’s final premiers’ ranking of 2025 ranks him second-to-last, ahead of only Quebec’s FRANCOIS LEGAULT. Ford clocked in at 34 per cent approval, down seven points.
Ford tends to hover at the bottom of the pack in Angus Reid’s numbers, and while other pollsters have had Ford higher, they’re still seeing a slight dip.
Ford tends to hover at the bottom of the pack in Angus Reid’s numbers.
While more than half of Canadians were on side with Ford’s RONALD REAGAN ad that upended tariff negotiations with the U.S., his approval rating has plummeted from 41 per cent to 34, Angus Reid notes, saying the Premier may be in for “a Dickensian season of holiday introspection.”
“Likely driving this are more top-of-mind issues facing Ontarians, as the Trump threat continually now ranks outside of the top five. Ford’s government is reportedly moving to eliminate Ontario’s commitment to emissions reductions and climate targets, and has been moving aggressively forward with development of the Ring of Fire region. The government projects a $13.5-billion deficit and “meek” economic growth this year and next,” the pollster says.
Not to mention: the Skills Development Fund may be sticking.
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Not to mention health care privatization, reduced spending on both health care and education. We don’t want Ontario populated by stupid sick people, let’s lift people up.