I'm deeply concerned about…

I'm deeply concerned about the province meddling in the affairs of cities and overriding local decisions to remove infrastructure, and about overriding environmental protections to force through a highway project. None of these things will solve congestion.

People and things need to get places, not "drivers". People driving a car alone simply does not scale to meet the transit needs of a big city - it is not possible to build enough lanes of traffic to not have congestion, via the well established urban planing concept of induced demand.

I own a car, but, I try to bike and walk and take public transit wherever those options are reasonably convenient and safe. The fewer car trips I take, the better for me (more exercise), the better for the planet, and better for road congestion for everyone who is driving and on public transit. It is simply not possible to build enough lanes of traffic to "solve" congestion, as investing in roads over other forms of transit just induces more people to drive places. And cars are incredibly expensive compared to a well funded transit system.