I strongly disapprove of…

I strongly disapprove of removing any bike lanes anywhere. Bike lanes make cyclists safe, and help ensure pedestrian safety as well. It makes vehicle drivers more aware of other road users. In order to achieve traffic reduction, we need to move drivers onto bikes and other forms of transportation (transit) or walking, and bike lanes help achieve that. For every cyclist, there is one less driver on the road, and thus less traffic congestion. Cyclists have been striving for years and in some cases decades to achieve safety on the roads. To take it away on a whim because of a desire to create a wedge issue to help with an (unnecessary) early election is breathtakingly cynical and frankly stupid. The Premier himself said in 2017 that bike lanes help ensure fewer deaths on the roads. "One death is way too many when it comes to bicycle riders." I could not agree more Mr. Premier. So stop this lunacy and keep the bike lanes. And stay in your lane instead of trampling all over municipal jurisdiction. If the federal government did that to the province, you would scream bloody murder. Have a care for doing that to other levels of government. If the people don't like what is happening in their towns and cities, they will remove their elected representatives through the democratic process. I also do not want my tax dollars being wasted on removing lanes that cost a lot to install. What a waste of money! Better to spend it on health care, more doctors and nurses, and new schools. We have lots of needs. Removing bike lanes is not one of them. In addition, the province should not have any right to approve the installation of new bike lanes. Leave it to the right level, the municipality.