‘He’s a welcome dose of fresh air’: Kinew ranked most popular premier

New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt nabbed second-most-popular premier in the December Angus Reid poll, followed by Saskatchewan's Scott Moe. Quebec Premier François Legault was back of the pack with a 25-per-cent approval rating.

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew tops the Angus Reid Institute's last poll of the year tracking premier approval ratings.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY CHRISTOPHER GULY

December 10, 2025

UPDATED December 11, 2025

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew is "hitting all of the right buttons with Manitobans" with the journalist-turned-politician leading the pack in premier approval ratings to close out 2025, while a recent poll shows Quebec's premier struggles at the opposite end of the spectrum hav...

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