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Premier Brad Wall's popularity steady at 58%

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall's popularity is high — with his ratings over time staying just about as flat as the province he represents.

Saskatchewan leader's approval rating highest of all provincial premiers

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Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall arrives to take part in a meeting of first ministers and Indigenous leaders in Ottawa on Dec. 9. His approval rating in Saskatchewan is currently 58 per cent, highest of provincial premiers. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall's popularity is high — with his ratings over time staying just about as flat as the province he represents.

According to the latest report from the Angus Reid Institute, Wall's 58 per cent approval rating is in its usual spot as highest of all provincial premiers.

Premier Brad Wall's approval rating is at 58 per cent. That's slightly low by historical comparisons, but still higher than other premiers. (Angus Reid Institute)

Ontario's Kathleen Wynne, at 16 per cent, has Canada's lowest rating among residents of her province.

Angus Reid says Wall's approval is statistically unchanged from the last quarter, when he was at 57 per cent. 

Angus Reid notes that Wall has been outspoken recently in his opposition to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's carbon pricing plan.

At home, he's also been in a fierce war of words with the NDP over the Global Transportation Hub land deal. However, neither of those issues has dislodged him from his perch as Angus Reid's most popular premier.

(A poll released by a different company in October had Wall in the No. 3 position.)

The latest Angus Reid rating — sky-high compared to most premiers — is actually a bit low for Wall when the past two years are considered.

For most of that time, his approval rating has been in the 60s.

Other premiers have tended to go through ups and downs, sometimes dramatic ones. Compared to them, Wall's popularity has been relatively stable.

On the approval rating scale, it's a long way from Brad Wall (58 per cent) to Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne (16 per cent). (Angus Reid Institute)

The results were based on an online survey of 5,300 Canadian adults Dec. 5–12.

The data was donated by a company, MARU/VCR&C, Angus Reid said.

A randomized sample of this size carries a margin of error of plus or minus 2 per cent, 19 times out of 20.

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