Most Canadian heard about Freeland’s resignation: poll [Video]

The majority of Canadians heard about Chrystia Freeland’s surprise resignation from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet, a new poll released Tuesday found.

According to the Abacus Data poll, 44 per cent of Canadians were following Freeland’s resignation either closely or fairly closely, while 39 per cent heard about it. Nineteen per cent of those polled said they did not hear about the news. The poll was conducted between 5 p.m. eastern Monday to Tuesday morning.

“In that short period of time, that’s a pretty significant breakthrough for a story in Ottawa that is politics,” said Abacus Data CEO David Coletto in an exclusive interview on the new data with CTV’s Power Play on Tuesday.

The polling also said 67 per cent of Canadians think Trudeau should resign, while just 19 per cent believe he should stay on as Liberal leader.

“The fact that he could barely get one in five …