I am incredibly frustrated…

I am incredibly frustrated and disappointed in the provincial governments lack to accountability and committment to the citizens of Ontario. Doug Ford and his cabinet's overreach in his attempts to remove the bike lanes of Toronto with Bill 212 (ERO number 019-9266) is an absolute slap in the face to not only the people who live in Toronto such as myself, but those who live outside of the municipality as a diversion from pressing issues he should be focusing on. Doug Ford should be spending taxpayer dollars addressing the critical failures of his government including but not limited to the crumbling state of healthcare and the perpetual delays on the public transit projects to name a few. Instead, he decides to play pretend as mayor to the city of Toronto when he has zero understanding nor experience on the benefits these bike lanes provide and how they are critical to saving lives, reducing automobile collisions, and keeping the citizens of Toronto safe. Instead of trying to rip out bike lanes, prioritizing completing constructions projects that close lanes and congest traffic, and improving public transit, which are evidence-backed, should be the focus. As someone who has had loved ones seriously injured due to being hit by vehicles, both as pedestrians and cyclists, I do not wish that grief on anyone. Bike lanes save lives.