This bill is not being made…

This bill is not being made in the interest of the people of Ontario. The provincial government should maintain their responsibilities at the provincial level, and allow municipalities to maintain their responsibilities in their municipal jurisdictions.

If municipalities need to seek provincial approval over infrastructure changes, this will only delay development and create greater inefficiencies in government. This will increase the costs of government and involve a greater number of government officials in decision making processes. I believed the conservative government was interested in reducing government involvement, and cutting red tape, but this bill is suggesting the complete opposite.

People in cities and towns will ride bikes with or without bike lanes. If there is no dedicated bike lane, the bicyclists are put in great danger by being forced to ride among the vehicle traffic. This greatly increases the risk of accidents which could easily be fatal. Creating dedicated bike lanes will relieve the road vehicle traffic of immediate harm to bicyclists and will also create greater incentive for more people to ride bicycles, which would further relieve car traffic allowing drivers to get to their destinations more quickly.

I don't support this bill and neither should any constituent of the conservative government. Save tax dollars, reduce provincial government involvement at the municipal level and incentivize traffic relief.