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‘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

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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