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RELEASE
Poll
Results
confirm
Toronto
residents
are
opposed
to
privatizing
garbage
collection
East
of
Yonge
Street
TORONTO,
ON
(January
9,
2017)
Last
month,
CUPE
Local
416
commissioned
an
independently
conducted
fact-based
city-wide
poll
to
gauge
the
publics
opinion
on
Mayor
Torys
initiative
to
privatize
garbage
collection
east
of
Yonge
Street.
The
results
confirm
that
the
public
is
overwhelmingly
opposed
to
the
privatization
of
garbage
collection
east
of
Yonge
Street.
The
poll
measured
the
publics
opinion
on
garbage
collection
through
two
cohorts
(residents
East
and
West
of
Yonge
Street).
The
poll
found
that
residents
throughout
the
city
(both
East
and
West
of
Yonge
Street)
expressed
similar
support
for
public
garbage
collection
with
over
66
per
cent
of
decided
voters
East
of
Yonge
and
60
per
cent
West
of
Yonge
being
opposed
to
privatization.
In
addition,
it
found
that
an
overwhelming
79
per
cent
of
residents
prefer
the
current
mixed
model
or
an
entirely
public
approach
to
garbage
collection
across
the
City
of
Toronto.
These
poll
results
confirm
what
we
have
been
saying
for
years:
residents
of
Toronto
want
garbage
collection
to
remain
public.
Said
Matt
Figliano,
Vice
President
CUPE
Local
416.
City
employees
have
been
providing
this
important
service
for
the
past
100
years
and
have
been
doing
a
great
job.
They
should
be
able
to
continue
to
provide
great
service
to
the
residents
of
Toronto.
The
poll
was
conducted
as
part
of
the
Kicked
to
the
Curb
public
relations
campaign
launched
by
Local
416
that
includes
grassroots
advocacy,
and
radio
ads
that
highlight
the
facts
about
garbage
collection
in
Toronto
and
promote
the
hard-working
members
of
CUPE
Local
416.
For
access
to
the
polls
and
more
information
about
the
Local
416
Kicked
to
the
Curb
campaign,
please
visit
www.kickedtothecurb.ca
and
follow
us
on
Twitter
@Local416
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Media
Contact:
Mary
Di
Mambro,
VP,
Public
Relations
Sutherland
Corp
416.570.4483
mary@sutherlandcorp.ca