Comment
This is interfering in municipal dealings after the government says it trusts municipalities.
This will kill bike riders and not ease congestion.
The province's offer to pay for removal of bike lanes is fiscally irresponsible and the misplaced priorities is gross negligence.
The province has greatly reduced revenue through unconsented stealth privatization by cancelling beer store contracts early (and paying for it), unecessarily moving the science centre, despite it being unavailable, reduced, and costing more than just repairing, paying for privatized healthcare and agencies & fighting for bill 124 rather than paying nurses fairly. Wasting huge amounts of money on Therme /Ontario Place development undertaken with questionable practices. And bribing voters with 200$ payout that will do nothing for most individfuals, but would represent significant grouped spending. With crumbling healthcare after years & billions of austerity, after receiving billiions in transfers federal for a purpose that was not used to the intended purpose, it is inappropriate to spend money on frivolous things like interfering in municipal land use.
It is grossly negligent, because it foreseeably increases risk of death and lifelong disability on 2 counts - increasing mix of bikes and cars (after rushing through a license backlog, and covid drelated cognitive decline and effect on driver ability - there is a widely circulating study on the effects) which will lead to increased collisions. And on the back end, where hospitals are underfundedd and collapsing. All in debt except Vaughan. So acute care for injury is affected. Millions of residents do not have a primary care practitioner - projected to 25% in a few years. Disability supports are insufficient to live on. This spells a total disaster, and clearly infringes on numerous rights. No effective government would consider doing this.
Submitted October 22, 2024 9:11 AM
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Bill 212 - Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 - Framework for bike lanes that require removal of a traffic lane.
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