Bill 212 will negatively…

Bill 212 will negatively impact Toronto's competitiveness and tax base growth. Toronto is a world class, diverse city that drives the economic growth of Ontario. The ability for residents to choose their mode of transportation is fundamental to our city competing with other leading cities around the world. That means every citizen being able to safely choose whether they walk, drive, bike, or take public transport. Removing and throttling the growth of bike infrastructure would remove a key differentiator that Toronto has over other North American cities. Only New York City can claim to have better accessibility. The best and brightest are mobile and will leave Toronto if we lose this race.

Bill 212 will kill people. Bike lanes protect bikers by providing visual and physical barriers between multi-ton steel vehicles and unprotected humans. They provide the same service to bikers as sidewalks to pedestrians, which are standard practice to install.

Bill 212 goes directly against a key tenant of the PC Party of Ontario. As Premier Ford said in the 2024 Members' manual, "we're working for the people of Ontario by keeping taxes low [and], cutting red tape...". Bill 2121 adds red tape and will, over the long term, increase taxes, by reducing Toronto's potential growth.