This bill will negatively…

This bill will negatively affect the citizens of Ontario. It will make it harder to travel within our communities, harm our health, needlessly destroy habitats, make housing more expensive, and worsen the climate crisis. It is also counter-productive: research on this issue has consistently shown that creating more car infrastructure generates more congestion.

I am also deeply concerned that this act circumvents the negotiation process of the terms of land expropriation for any highway the province wants to build.

Ontario should be focusing on public transit and updating our zoning laws to allow us to build denser, more sustainable communities. This bill will make Ontario an uglier, more dangerous place and does not serve our citizens. Please do not pass it.