It's so strange that you…

It's so strange that you would call a bill such a silly name when it clearly has no impact on gridlock. Do you think people will ignore facts and just believe a catchy title? is that why you spend so much tax payers money on marketing? because no one believes the present Ontario government is actually helping them. Or are you just helping a select few who thought it would be fun to spend tax payers money and the government thought why not - we screw schools and hosptitals but happy to waste money cancelling beer contracts, cancelling wind turbine contracts, did cancelling your bleak deal for the Green Belt cost tax payers money? Bringing gambling to my son has been a nightmare but you decided that our young people need that. Or is just about making money and greed? In terms of the bike lanes - I am a Torontonian and I was born here. My parents cycled and I cycle. I live downtown and I use the bike lanes. I rode from Bloor and Bathurst to the Distillery down the University bike lane at night and felt the safest I have felt cycling in this city. BECAUSE WHY WOULD YOU WANT ME DRIVING ANOTHER CAR? I have been hit by a car door and it is pretty terrifying. So that's the first and main reason for bike lanes. Safety. But, the research is clear - more car lanes do not solve traffic issues. You know what slows traffic - giving up lanes for construction allowing multiple enormous construction projects at the same time. Who is making money here?
And to respond as a driver (I do occasionally drive), I prefer the bike lanes so I am not driving behind a slow cyclist or wondering when a cyclist will weave into traffic. The bike lanes keep the cars flowing with no disruption of a bike in front of them.
And lastly, what are you doing about the climate crisis? Where is your leadership? Do you go outside? it's November and my tomatoes are still growing. Kids are suffering now from eco-anxiety and you are just throwing them on the bonfire to suffer with terrible weather in our future. If we have bike lanes - we could have fewer cars polluting the city. I am horrified to see you selling our children's future for your gain from Highway 413, to a private Spa at Ontario Place where my son loved being and all you can think of is killing green space for profit, to no Science Centre. Do you want the children of Ontario to grow up in this future? Or is your short term gain enough?
I will get a 3 wheeler bike so I feel safe and ride in traffic for the rest of my life if this goes through to really slow down traffic. I just do not understand how helping developers helps the people of Ontario. Its not affordable housing you are building. Ontario was a place to grow and now I want my son to work anywhere but here. No to 413, keep the Ontario Science Centre and keep the bike lanes. Have you looked at what Paris is doing - how about no cars in the city? that would ease congestion. The future is in green energy and any policy that stops bike lanes just shows that this Ontario government is stuck in some wierd lost world. Your profit seeking willful blindness to reality will make all our kids live in a backward place in 50 years. Get a green climate policy going now, please. Bike lanes help us, help the planet and help our children.