This issue should be handled…

This issue should be handled by individual municipalities, and not at a provincial level.

Removing bike lanes not only will not solve the issues with gridlock, but will most likely increase the number of cars on the road. making the gridlock worse, even with the extra lane, if it adds on at all.
Bike lanes are for the protection of cyclists, and if there are networks of them, to get around towns and cities, more people would use them. Removing them does nothing but increase traffic, pollution, and risk to cyclists.

The solution to grid lock is increasing access to public transit, increase bus routes and how often the busses are running. Making the tickets and access to it much more affordable and inciting for drivers to hang their keys up, and hop on a bus/train/tram instead. The only solution is reducing the cars on the road. Not endangering cyclists who use the bikelines this bill will remove. Not adding another lane.