In an affordability and…

In an affordability and housing crisis, governments at all levels are rightly focused on building homes and cutting expenses for Ontarians. This has led to the relaxation of parking requirements for new buildings, a step the gov't of Ontario has enacted, as well as many municipalities including the city of Toronto.

Transit and walking are not sufficient to service these car-free residents. They need safe infrastructure to take alternative wheeled transportation. This includes bikes, and scooters.
Ripping out, delaying, and increasing the costs of non-car lanes is counter to the policies set forth by the Ontario government, in addition to being an encroachment into the domain of municipal governments. It will make it more expensive for Ontarians to live by forcing them into cars, which are more expensive than they have ever been and depreciate in value, as they have always done.

If the government was serious about reducing gridlock they would focus on providing better regional transit. I live 115km away from Toronto in Guelph, a city of about 140000 people and I can't even get a direct bus there on the weekend for a daytrip with my kids. In fact, when I do go to Toronto, I take my bike on the Go train (on the weekdays when the trains run) to Bloor station, where I can make use of the Bloor St. bike lanes.