WE Controversy Takes Bite Out of Trudeau, Liberal Popularity: Poll

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appears as a witness via videoconference during a House of Commons finance committee in the Wellington Building on July 30, 2020. The committee is looking into Government Spending, WE Charity and the Canada Student Service Grant. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press

OTTAWA—Nearly half of Canadians would support an election being called if the federal watchdog finds Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to have violated the Conflict of Interest Act again over the WE charity affair, a new poll suggests.

The survey by Leger and the Association for Canadian Studies also suggests the WE controversy has taken a bite out of Trudeau’s popularity, as well as that of the federal Liberal party, putting the Conservatives within striking distance of victory.