This bill appears to be…

This bill appears to be government meddling in what should be a municipal matter. Not only that, it goes against the current predominant research on urban planning and city infrastructure, which indicates that investing in public transit and non-car transportation infrastructure is a more effective and cost effective means of city growth. Why does this government ignore this information and insist on micromanaging municipal decisions? The creation of yet more red tape for building infrastructure is at odds with the supposed restrained hand ideology of a conservative government.

Removing bike lanes only reduces the options a person has for transportation. It is unsafe for drivers and cyclists to be forced into sharing the same space, and the presence of cyclists on a street can add to the already clogged nature of traffic. As both a driver and a cyclist I would like to see more infrastructure that enables people more options and safety in terms of the transportation they can use, but this bill aims to enable the opposite.

This kind of legislation seems personal to the premier and that is unbecoming of the entire party. The infrastructure is already there, what a waste of time and resources to now remove it. Bill 212 appears to be nothing more than more than another symptom of Doug Ford's hyper fixation on Toronto, something that seems to come before the rest of the province which is currently watching the healthcare system buckle. The priorities of this administration are shamefully abysmal.