The role of government is to govern .  It is not to follow the polls or to act only in the interest of re-election. - Wynn is a great example of how not to govern.

Trudeau has no real competition.  He has a mandate to do what he thinks best.  Most Canadians do not want marijuana legalized either, but he sees it as good policy. Proof he can be independent.

Further if 51% don't know the issue, which has been in the press for months, the value of the survey is lessened all the more.

Educated and objective professionals need to weigh the debt reduction benefits, alignment with large pension benefits and any others, against potential service changes (good or bad) and with any other perceived or known drawbacks of privatization.

I for one am enough of a cynic to worry when civil servants want to  stay civil servants. Think the Hydro One union for example.

The UK and Australia have done this already too, there are lots of facts here to make a good decision.