This is a terrible proposal…

This is a terrible proposal.

Its purpose is to split the voter base and stoke division amongst an already-divided population, to distract from the horrible decisions being made by the current administration.

Environmentally speaking, it's also obviously a huge issue and will cause:

- more CO2 emissions
- more smog
- more traffic
- more deaths (as a result of collisions as well as indirect causes from the air pollution resulting)

It's been well documented that bike lanes reduce traffic by taking cars off the road, and there is no evidence that "one more lane" is simply going to fix the issues we have with traffic. The best way to reduce traffic is to induce demand for other methods of transport. That means funding the creation of safe bicycle infrastructure and public transit options.

The fact that bicycle lanes save lives seems entirely lost on this administration, who probably believes all bike riders are liberals anyway. They are probably happy to see them die at the hands of a vehicle.

Finally, this is a massive overreach from the province and this is an issue that should be owned by the municipalities.

I don't know why I'm even bothering to write this comment because it's obvious that the conservative party only cares about the pockets of it's MPs and their donors, and will never bother to actually read the comments anyway. I'm sure even if there was a reason this proposal was illegal they'd still ram it through using the notwithstanding clause.