As a family physician and…

As a family physician and emergency medicine physician in Ontario, I am extremely disappointed with the Ontario Conservative's stance against active and safe transportation in Ontario. The proposition to increase the speed limits on 400 series highways, but moreover to create impediments to installing safe bike and pedestrian infrastructure (and to actually go so far as to waste tax-payer money in removing safe infrastructure) is a clear pandering tactic at the expense of the health and safety of our communities. People will die as a result of this bill if enacted.

-I support less government overreach and red tape / bureaucracy (values that I had hoped the Ontario Conservatives would have shared).

-I support a basic standard of safety and viable options for active transportation and community health.

-Bike lanes and safe pedestrian spaces are essential parts of transportation infrastructure. Too much of our communal space has been sacrificed to motor vehicle infrastructure.

I encourage you to be strong leaders and make the right choice in valuing the health and safety of our public spaces.