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Although it may seem counterintuitive, building more lanes and removing bike lanes is not really a solution to congestion. When you build more roads and remove bike lanes, you essentially force everyone into a car, and because Trudeau's immigration policies keep bringing more people in, then all those people need to get in cars, which causes....more congestion. This is an experience proved time and time again - whether its here with the QEW lane expansion, in Texas with the freeway expansions, and all around the world. Induced demand is real, and somehow we keep ignoring it. Really, the only solution is to build alternatives for driving - bike lanes, density and transit lines - although it seems counterintuitive, it works in making people not need to get in a car and drive around.

I am a commuter, PC voter, and I love to "smash the libs" just as much as the next conservative, but blowing taxpayer money to increase the amount of cars on the roads and remove bikers is not a smart idea and not a good use of funds. I would encourage the PCs to reconsider this plan and consider better alternatives to reducing congestion, like increasing alternatives to driving.