Majority support drug decriminalization, but that doesn’t make it a political winner, says pollster Shachi Kurl

Support is broad, but it might not drive votes, says Shachi Kurl.

'This is a tricky issue, and not one that I think you’re going to see the Liberals necessarily putting at the top of a campaign marquee,' pollster Shachi Kurl says of drug decriminalization.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

March 1, 2021

More than half of Canadians support the decriminalization of all drugs, but that doesn’t mean it would be a winning policy for the Liberal government in important suburban ridings, says Shachi Kurl, the president of the Angus Reid Institute polling shop.

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