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I don't want to put more effort into my comments than the government has put into the Bill itself, so I'll just say this: If you think we don't see this for the ideological B.S. that it is (since it is so clearly anti-evidence and anti-science), you're wrong. If you think we are not noticing that this is a distraction to remove environmental reviews for Highway 413, you're wrong. If you think I won't be taking up the entire lane biking on all the streets where you remove the bike lanes, you're wrong. If you think that I don't recognize the Orwellian nature of your "Ministry of Red Tape Reduction" and Mike Harris's playbook "Common Sense" B.S., you're wrong. I'm not going to link you to the evidence to support my points that bike lanes save lives, that businesses improve with bike lanes, that all professional organizations have come out against this Bill, that CEOs of hospitals on University Ave. wanted the protected bike lanes because you won't read and you won't care. Why should I waste my time finding all the evidence and attachments to support my points when your own bill is using data from 1991 on cycling use (that's 33 years ago, in case you're not so good with math)? I won't. But if you remove the bike lanes, I will be taking up the entire lane because my safety and my life (and every other cyclists' for that matter) matters more than shaving off a few minutes of someone's commute.