I am writing to express my…

I am writing to express my profound disagreement with this proposed bill. Municipal road use should be the purview of municipal government and community consultation. This bill is a significant provincial overreach and undermines local government.

More importantly, there is not a single region in the world that is tearing up bike lanes at a time of profound climate change and vulnerable road user safety concerns. The data being put forward by the government to justify this bill is at best wrong or stale and, at worst, purposefully misleading. Bike lanes are a vital aspect of any transportation network and a continued, exclusive focus on cars ignores the basic, fundamental problem that there are simply too many single occupancy vehicles on the road. The politics of nostalgia are not moving us forward.

Lastly, spending public dollars on this effort while our education and healthcare systems remain underfunded is a wonton disregard for the public interest and fiduciary duty of government.