The Premier has said he is a…

The Premier has said he is a careful steward of our (taxpayer's) money. By spending millions of dollars to tear up bicycle lanes, the Minister of Transportation will make a liar of the Premier. This waste of our money would be akin to flushing it down the toilet. Millions of our dollars wasted. A terrible mistake and disrespectful of taxpayers.
Instead, the Minister needs to show leadership by taking one of his other responsibilities, GO Transit, from Brampton to Union Station and then the TTC (or walk) to Queen's Park, as thousand of responsible Brampton and area citizens do every work day.
His misguided view that creating more lanes for traffic will reduce gridlock is simply not accurate. I suggest he view the photos circa 1960 of the then recently-created Gardiner Expressway already jammed with traffic as people abandoned transit for the "ease" of driving themselves from suburbs to downtown.
The same goes for poor ideas like Highway 413, which will only increase traffic. The Minister said this highway will help people to get into the city, in fact its proposed route would angle traffic around the city. His statement is not logical. It does not stand up to scrutiny when viewed on a map.
A far better idea is to increase use of the existing Hwy 407 which many, many people have proposed. Now that is a smart idea, which this Minister and Premier need to embrace. Not the poor ideas proposed in this legislation which will set Ontario on a downward spiral.
Municipalities have rightly denounced the overreach of the province in trying to force their poor planning ideas on municipalities. Municipalities know their communities much better than the province can. It's okay for you to admit this and stop meddling. Instead focus on provincial responsibilities like improving our health care, housing and education systems which are priorities. This legislation is a poor deflection from the province carrying out its urgent responsibilities.