I want to voice my…

I want to voice my disapproval and rejection in the strongest possible terms of "Bill 212 - Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024". The title alone is patently misleading as it will neither reduce gridlock nor save me, or anyone I know, time. As someone who cycles around Toronto as my primary mode of transportation and comes from a family of cyclists and drivers, I use the bike lanes on Bloor on a near daily basis, as do other members of my family and community at large. They have been invaluable for me both in terms of saving time, and in being safer on the roads. Those I know who drive have not been bothered by them in the slightest, and approve of their installation. It is true that traffic has gotten worse, but removing bike lanes will only make the problem even less manageable. If people who are currently cyclists switch to driving, traffic will get more congested, not less. The roads have also been incredibly dangerous, and removing these bike lanes will cost lives, full stop. Let me repeat that again: people will die, because of Premiere Ford's bill 212. Not to mention the fact that these bike lanes were installed at great cost to the city's tax payers, and removing them would be a massive waste of money. Their removal would also hold up traffic, due to the amount of construction involved in the process, the exact thing this bill is saying it will avoid.

Premiere Ford should remember his prior claims of wanting smaller government and less interference - his hypocrisy in this matter is glaring to every single Torontonian and Ontarian. This seems like a pandering bid for popularity that is fooling no one, and if any other politician attempted to encroach into municipal politics on a provincial level, and waste tax payers' money so wantonly, I'm sure he would be the first to try to stop it. This is simply unacceptable behaviour, and something I and my fellow Ontarians will remember come election time. DO NOT pass this bill. Lives are at stake, and while Premiere Ford has shown time and again that human lives are not something he's particularly interested in improving, he should at least stick to his own promises and stop wasting valuable money and time by meddling where he doesn't belong.