I do not think it is…

I do not think it is appropriate for the provincial government to impose its will this much on a municipality. While municipalities are creatures of the province per Ontario's Planning Act, this seems like an overreach and abuse of power. Moreover, there is the question of will this reduce congestion? OPPI begs to differ. I would like to remind everyone about induced demand, adding an extra lane is not going to solve traffic congestion. Additionally this is just further subsidizing cars while they are important and heavily used relied on, I have to wonder how much do we need to prop up this old and unsustainable system (The provincial government already is already cutting around legislature to speed up highway 413). Anyways, I believe this government should not meddle this much into the affairs of Toronto and also reduce its bias towards cars and make infrastructure improvements towards other transit options into the future. Cars will not keep pace with growing a city, this likely will just lead to more congestion and pollution, bike lanes give other options reducing the need for short car trips.