The Leger poll also recorded new highs for government dissatisfaction: 72 per cent said they were dissatisfied with the Trudeau government

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As the Trudeau government enters the second week of a very public internal feud, a new Leger survey finds that the scandal hasn’t done all that much to hurt its poll numbers — but that might be because Liberal support has already hit rock bottom.

The new Leger poll finds that a record 69 per cent of Canadians now think Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should resign. It also recorded new highs for government dissatisfaction: 72 per cent of respondents said they were dissatisfied with the Trudeau government.

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Following the sudden resignation from cabinet of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland last week, more than a third of the 153 Liberals in caucus are now resolved to pursue Trudeau’s immediate resignation.

According to CBC, a conference call of the party’s 50 Ontario MPs came to a “consensus” that their top priority needed to be Trudeau’s removal.

All the while, near two dozen other Liberals have joined a growing list of those publicly demanding Trudeau’s ouster, including New Brunswick MP Wayne Long, who said in an interview that Trudeau is “delusional.”

But in terms of raw poll numbers, the Liberals are doing about the same as they were........

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