I'm responding to ERO 019…

I'm responding to ERO 019-9265, Building Highways Faster Act , 2024, but Bill 212 includes all kinds of disparate pieces that trouble me, like providing an exemption from the Environmental Assessment Act for Highway 413, and other measures to remove typical checks and balances on a project that will remove farmland, damage wetlands and restructure a major piece of Southern Ontario, and also reducing municipal powers to manage their own bike lane implementation projects. Premier Ford’s land swap is already under investigation by the RCMP, and I have no faith that he has the best interests of Ontarians at heart. It seems likely that the 413 is being built to enrich developers, when a real attempt at reducing congestion would look at repatriating the 407. It would be more democratic if we could comment on all the issues in Bill 212 separately. I think improving rural internet is a great idea, and a good way to encourage people to move to less competitive housing markets, but I really don’t like that it’s part of an omnibus bill.