I am an Ontario resident and…

I am an Ontario resident and I strongly oppose this bill.

The construction of a highway is a large-scale project with significant social and environmental impacts. These projects should be subject to the proper checks and balances to ensure they are in the best interests of ALL Ontarians, not just a handful of vocal developers.

It is clear that this bill will be used to push forward projects such as the removal of bike lanes, which is not only a terrible use of of taxpayer money (as they are ALREADY in existence and would be costly to remove) but also will not improve traffic.

Bike lanes do not cause traffic. Single-driver cars cause traffic. And “clearing” any route just means that more traffic will be directed to those areas. There is no winning and it is a pointless tactic.

Instead we should be investing in good public transit, not just the city of Toronto but also beyond. This would actually help reduce traffic on the road and help combat the huge amount of CO2 produced by cars in this city every year.