Canada election comes as economic satisfaction is at record lows: polling – National [Video]

Canadians are feeling record low levels of economic optimism and satisfaction in public services like housing and health care, a new analysis of Gallup polling suggests, presenting major challenges for whichever party forms government after the federal election.

Tuesday’s report, presented as a series of “tests” for Canada’s next prime minister, compiled nearly two decades of data collected annually from the pollster’s surveys of long-term issues in over 100 countries.

While the most recent polling was conducted months before U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff policies and attacks on Canada caused further uncertainty, the report suggests declines in Canadian attitudes toward the economy and U.S. leadership have been persistent for years.

It also suggests the economic concerns highlighted in more recent Ipsos polling done exclusively for Global News, which shows cost of living is a top federal election issue, are rooted in more longstanding worries among Canadians.

“The cost of living and the housing crisis …