Setting aside that this…

Setting aside that this proposed bill is flawed, ideological, divisive and invasive into the rights of municipalities, the biggest issue is how premature it is. Bike lanes are proven to decrease traffic times and increase in usage over several years, as new reporting shows: https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/bike-lanes-impacts-1.7358319

I live in the Niagara Region, where cycling is critical for tourism and lower-income residents—including temporary foreign workers, of which we have many, in fields such as agriculture and hospitality. The province has a duty to improve transit options for our diverse community, which includes promoting cycling, improving the GO network and helping build walkable communities.

This bill is a distraction that focuses too much on the City of Toronto and would push the province backwards toward a mid-20th-century idea of car supremacy, which the rest of the world (Asia, Europe, much of the United States) is moving away from.