Canadians’ economic anxieties have ‘blown past’ pandemic concern benchmark, according to Proof Strategies CanTrust Index

Millennials scored highest in the economic anxiety category at 71 per cent, with boomers coming in at 64 per cent. Women are feeling stress and anxiety more acutely than men.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, left, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. Poilievre and Singh are now tied for the most trusted party leader by Canadians. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE

February 26, 2024

Anxiety over economic and affordability issues has now easily surpassed concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Proof Strategies’ 2024 CanTrust Index released earlier this month.

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