As a tax payer and someone…

As a tax payer and someone who chose to call Canada, specifically Ontario home, I am appalled at this proposal.

Under the guise of helping people this government proposes to:
- Increase the amount of red tape and further lengthen the time it would take key infrastructure to be built. We already have a housing crisis, lets not create one on the roads.
- Bike lanes and safe, non-vehicular pathways are essential transportation infrastructure. If the housing crisis has taught us anything, its that we need a mix of infrastructure to solve a systemic problem.
- Canadians deserve and demand s basic standard of safety. How this proposal deems it acceptable that a 13 year old child biking with their parents should be up against large trucks and joy riders is beyond my comprehension. Perhaps if I hated Ontario as much as the premier does I could understand.
- Drivers shouldn't need to share the road if it can be helped! Lets get people who could be the most harmed out of their way onto bike lanes so that driving is less stressful, and safer for everyone. Especially hard working delivery drivers who often have large vehicles with limited visibility.
- Bike lanes extended and support existing transit infrastructure. They enable people who cannot otherwise afford vehicles or specifically choose to use bikes. Why is this governments stance to remove choice from people?

I sincerely hope this entire proposal is scrapped. There is no value in removing infrastructure that is being used and I certainly don't want to pay for it, even if the premiere has some very good friends lined up to scoop up those tenders.

Furthermore, the sighting of specific roads in Toronto is a huge over step of the provincial government. If you care that deeply about Toronto, work with the Toronto mayor instead of strong arming, posturing and ultimately bullying.

If you care that deeply about Toronto, does that mean you don't care deeply about my home town? Why is there no specific changes listed for Welland, Thunder Bay, Orillia, Barrie?