Prime Minister Mark Carney's popularity may be cooling off in the summer but remains broadly positive, a new poll from Abacus Data suggests.

The Carney-led Liberal government's approval rating dipped to 50 per cent in the firm's latest polling, down two percentage points compared to mid-July and the lowest level since March.

With 48 per cent viewing Carney favourably and 19 per cent disapproving, the prime minister maintains a positive net approval. That figure is a couple percentage points lower than in Abacus's previous poll.

Abacus CEO David Coletto said in a statement accompanying the new poll that Carney's drop in popularity could be tied to a lack of perceived progress on key domestic files and ongoing high-profile international negotiations.

Canadians were surveyed in the week a

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