Staff report on the issue was sent back for more study. (Toronto City Council/YouTube)Facing the potential defeat of his plan to expand private trash collection, Mayor John Tory has retreated from his 2014 campaign promise and instead now says more facts are needed on an issue that has deeply divided council. Critics of the plan to outsource trash collection east of Yonge St. said the mayor wasn’t able to rally the support he needed. Mayor John Tory, speaking in front of an Etobicoke home on garbage collection day earlier this month, tells reporters why believes more of Toronto's trash collection should be privatized. “This is the right thing for city council basically to not contract out now, to get more information,” Councillor Joe Mihevc said.

Source: thestar January 31, 2017 16:52 UTC