Thank you for the…

Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the bike lanes framework. I am a driver who regularly drives on the streets (Bloor, Yonge, University) where the bike lanes will be removed.

Let me be crystal clear: this is a spiteful, cowardly initiative that will do absolutely nothing to improve traffic in Toronto. Instead, it will make things worse for both drivers and cyclists and directly lead to deaths on our roads. It is plainly obvious that no amount of contrary evidence will alter this proposal. This is all about trying to divide Ontarians before an election.

To Minister Sarkaria and the MTO MO: if you had any integrity you would resign before enacting such a pathetic edict from the Premier. Many years from now, your political legacy will not be building transit or highways or "Getting it Done", but that you made a craven decision today that killed someone's son or daughter, all just to score a cheap political point. Imagine it was your son or daughter. Think about the grief that those families will feel. I hope that you are reminded of this with every funeral of a cyclist you caused by this decision. I hope too that the shame and guilt you should feel haunt you long after you have left political life.