Windsor Fire and Rescue -Quant Study Report

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Windsor Fire and Resecue

Quantitative Public Opinion Research

with Windsor ResidentsOctober 23 29, 2012


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Methodology

Live telephone poll on October 23 - 29

Quota set by four main regions and age/gender

If under 18 terminated further questions

Total sample size of 747

Accuracy - +/- 3.8% 19 times out of 20

Results weighted by region and age and gender

based on population of 18+ in the 2006 Census of

Canada

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Top of Mind Issues

.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0%

Refused/ Dont know/ Unsure

POLICE - Reducing police spending

HOMELESSNESS/POVERTY - Dealing with homelessness or povertySENIORS ISSUES

POLICE - Increased policing

TRANSPARENT and ACCOUNTABLE Government

UTILITIES - High cost

UNIONS - Dealing with the Union wages and benefits

ARTS, RECREATION - money for

BORDER CROSSING Build the new bridge

BUDGET Stop spending so much

TRANSIT - Improving public transit

BUSINESS - Attracting or keeping business

Other:

TRAFFIC - Improving traffic flow

ENVIRONMENTAL improvement

CRIME - Fighting crime and reduce crime

HEALTH CARE - Improving healthcare

EDUCATION/SCHOOL system

TAXES - Reducing taxes

INFRASTRUCTURE/ improvements - roads, bridges, parks, pathways etc

JOBS & ECONOMY

15.5%

.9%

.9%

.9%

1.1%

1.2%

1.3%

1.4%

1.4%

1.5%

1.6%

1.6%

1.7%

1.8%

2.2%

2.8%

3.1%

4.1%

4.7%

7.3%16.0%

23.4%

Thinking of City of Windsor issues, if you could tell the Mayor and

City Council to focus on one priority that is the most important for

you and your family, what would that priority be?


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Issues Age Demographics

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%


EDUCATION/SCHOOL system


INFRASTRUCTURE/roads, bridges, parks, etc

JOBS & ECONOMY

F 55+

F 35-54

F 18-34

M 55+

M 35-54

M 18-34

Total

Women are more

concerned about jobs

and the economy

Men are moreconcerned with

infrastructure issues

and tax rates


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Issues Provincial Vote

.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0% 30.0%

CRIME - Fighting crime and reduce crime



INFRASTRUCTURE/ roads, bridges, parks, etc

JOBS & ECONOMY

ONDP

PCPO

OLP

Total

NDP supporters

are far more

concerned about

jobs and the

economy

PCs are more

concerned with

tax rates and

their reduction


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Political Mandate - Importance

On a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 being very unimportant and

10 being very important, how important is it that the City

ofWindsor.?

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

Reduce the cost of utilities such as electricity and water

Reduce the city's debt

Reduce or keep property taxes at the current rate

Increase spending for road and sewer repairs

Increase spending for more social programs such as youth

activities

Reduce city spending

That the City of Windsor have an Auditor General

Increase spending for more social programs such as public

housing

Increase spending for more community centers like the

Family Aquatics Centre

Outsource or Privatize non-essential services

Reduce the number of city employees

76%

61%

61%

50%

44%

43%

42%

31%

28%

26%

21%

High cost of

utilities is by far

the most

important pocket

book issue that

people are facing

Potential for a

political

opportunity

around the secrecy

of Enwin as Mayor

is the Chair


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Favourability Ratings

0% 20% 40% 60% 80%

Windsor Fire and Rescue Services

Ambulance Services or EMS

Windsor Police Service

Turtle Island (private garbage collector)

The Mayor's Office

City Council as a whole

City of Windsor CUPE Unions

78%

73%

53%

46%

36%

25%

22%

Using a scale from 1

to 10 with 1 meaning

very unfavourable and

10 meaning veryfavourable, how

would you rate your

impression of each of

the following

organizations?


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Right / Wrong Direction

63.3%

25.1%

11.2%

.4%

Right direction

Wrong direction

Don't know/Unsure

Refused

Do you feel the city of Windsor is headed in the right direction

or do you feel the city is headed in the wrong direction?


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Choices Taxes

51.7%

44.1%

70.1%

44.3%

50.2%

43.0%

48.3%

55.9%

29.9%

55.7%

49.8%

57.0%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

Total

OLP

PCPO

ONDP

GPO

Union Member

The priority for the City of Windsor

should be to keep taxes down, even if it

means some services are cut or reduced.

Services should not be cut or reduced,

even if that means increasing taxes.


10/27

Choices/ Taxes

58.4%

59.7%

76.8%

55.3%

73.9%

48.4%

41.6%

40.3%

23.2%

44.7%

26.1%

51.6%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%

Total

OLP

PCPO

ONDP

GPO

Union Member

The priority for the City of Windsor

should be to keep taxes down, even if itmeans some city employees are laid off.

City employees should not be laid off

even if that means increasing taxes.


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Choices/ Privatizing Garbage

61.7%

62.2%

75.5%

53.0%

70.4%

49.9%

38.3%

37.8%

24.5%

47.0%

29.6%

50.1%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

Total

OLP

PCPO

ONDP

GPO

Union Member

The City of Windsor did the right thing

by contracting out garbage collection

to a private company.

The City of Windsor should not

contract out services such as garbage

collection to private companies.


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Choices Aquatics Complex

39.0%

46.9%

30.2%

34.9%

43.6%

41.5%

61.0%

53.1%

69.8%

65.1%

56.4%

58.5%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

Total

OLP

PCPO

ONDP

GPO

Union Member

The complex is necessary to grow the

citys community centres and parkinfrastructure.

$78 million dollars would be better

spent on other priorities.


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Prioritizing City Services

53%

16%

14%

4%

3%

2%

2%

3%

3%

0% 20% 40% 60%

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Police

14%

52%

19%

4%

2%

2%

1%

3%

2%

0% 20% 40% 60%

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Fire

15%

18%

48%

6%

4%

3%

4%

2%

1%

0% 20% 40% 60%

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

EMS

1%

1%

5%

31%

21%

16%

10%

6%

9%

0% 20% 40%

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Garbage

Emergency

services are

clearly a priority

for public

This is where

the public

expects its taxes

to be spent

Please rank the following services in order of importance to you and the community?


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Prioritizing City Services

2%

3%

4%

11%

26%

19%

13%

13%

11%

0% 10% 20% 30%

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Transit

5%

2%

4%

24%

17%

25%

11%

7%

5%

0% 10% 20% 30%

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Road/Sewer

2%

2%

4%

6%

8%

13%

28%

19%

19%

0% 10% 20% 30%

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Libraries

2%

4%

2%

6%

10%

12%

19%

29%

15%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40%

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Parks & Rec

6%

2%

2%

7%

9%

9%

12%

18%

35%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40%

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Public Housing


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Lump Sum Payment

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

Strongly Support Somewhat Support Somewhat Oppose Strongly Oppose No opinion

Total

MaleFemale

Firefighters have been working without a contract with the City of Windsor for 7 years. Firefighters

have not received any pay raise in the last 3 years. The Firefighters have recently completed a

lengthy arbitration process with the City of Windsor. In the next few weeks the arbitrator will

award the Firefighters a lump sum payment for the last 3 years.

Do you strongly support, somewhat support, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose a lump sum

payment awarded by the arbitrator?

Support is very

strong for a lump

sum payment

Very strong

among women


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Equal Pay

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%


Total

Male

Female

Do you strongly support, somewhat support, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose the

Windsor Firefighters having roughly equal pay as other Firefighters across Ontario?

Support for

equal pay with

other Ontario

Firefighters was

even stronger

Must make the

case of equal pay

whenever

discussing lump

sum payment


17/27

Post-Retirement Benefits

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

50%


Total

Male

Female

Do you strongly support, somewhat support, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose the

Firefigthers keeping all their post retirement benefits that they had in their contract 7

years ago?

Support forkeeping post

retirement

benefits is very

strong

Not sure thegeneral public

understands

the details

around these

benefits


18/27

Items Firefighters known for

37%

36%

35%

31%

22%

7%

4%

4%

1%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%

Respond to medical emergencies

Community outreach

Educating the public

Respond to traffic accidents

Search and rescue

Respond to industrial accidents or spills

Respond to building collapses

Volunteer Work

Inspections

Negative (Sleep, lazy, work another job)

Assist Police

Respond to Gas Leaks

Investigations

Other than fighting fires can you name other

services or functions that the fire department and

or Firefighters do?

Surprising that

volunteer work

was not

mentioned more

Big opportunityto positively

develop branding

around volunteer

work and other

functions


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Amount of Firefighters

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

Total Male Female M 18-34 M 35-54 M 55+ F 18-34 F 35-54 F 55+

Too many

firefighters

Not enough

firefighters

Right number

of firefighters

Don't

know/Unsure

Which most closely represents your views on the number

of firefighters in the City of Windsor right now?

Although most

people believe

that there are the

right amount of

Firefighters, there

is room to grow asmore believe that

there are not

enough than

too many


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Amount of Firefighters

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

Total East South Walkerville West OLP PCPO ONDP GPO

Too many

firefighters

Not enough

firefighters

Right number

of firefighters

Don't

know/Unsure

A larger amount

of South Windsor

residents believethere are too

many Firefighters


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Amount of Pay and Benefits

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

Total Male Female M 18-34 M 35-54 M 55+ F 18-34 F 35-54 F 55+

Too much pay

and benefits

Not enough pay

and benefits

Just about the

right amount of

pay and benefits

Don't

know/Unsure

Which most closely represents your views on the amount of pay and

benefits Windsor Firefighters in the City of Windsor receive right now?

High level of

unknown among

woman

Opportunity to

increase support

among women and

young men


22/27

Amount of Pay and benefits

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

Too much pay

and benefits

Not enough

pay and

benefits

Just about the

right amount

of pay and

benefits

Don't

know/Unsure

Same issue in

South Windsor


23/27

Provincial Ballot Support

33.8%

21.0%

38.8%

6.0%

Dalton McGuintys Liberal Party of

Ontario

Tim Hudaks Progressive

Conservative Party of Ontario

Andrea Horwaths NDP of Ontario

The Green Party of Ontario

As the provincial Liberals are struggling, the NDP has cleary moved

into the lead as the preferred provincial party. No growth for thePCs.


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Eddie Francis favourability

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Total

Male

Female

M 18-34

M 35-54

M 55+

F 18-34

F 35-54

F 55+

OLP

PCPO

ONDP

GPO

Very favourable

Somewhat

favourable

Somewhat

unfavourable

Very unfavourable

No opinion


25/27

Bill Marra

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Total

Male

Female

M 18-

M 35-

M 55+

F 18-34

F 35-54

F 55+

OLP

PCPO

ONDP

GPO

Very favourable

Somewhat

favourable

Somewhat

unfavourable

Very

unfavourable

No opinion


26/27

Sandra Puppatello

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Total

Male

Female

M 18-34

M 35-54

M 55+

F 18-34

F 35-54

F 55+

OLP

PCPO

ONDP

GPO

Very favourable

Somewhat

favourable

Somewhat

unfavourable

Very unfavourable

No opinion


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Contact Details

Nick Kouvalis

Cell 519.791.9663

[email protected]
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