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Good leadership is making the right decisions, not the easy decisions. When it comes to congestion the evidence is clear, there is absolutely no way to solve congestion with personal autombiles. None, zero, nada. If there was, then we wouldn't have congestion as we've been spending 100 years prioritizing personal autombiles. There are two ways to solve congestion, 1) Price it appropriately 2) Give people good alternatives to driving (like quality consistent mass transit and active transportation, dense neighborhoods with services nearby, etc) That is it, nothing else will work. That might be hard for people to understand, but it is the truth and this government knows it. However, this bill is taking the easy way out. Suggesting we can reduce congestion by building a highway and by removing options for alternative transportation options. The highway is a glorious waste of taxpayer funds and will saddle Ontario with a burdensome repair bill for eternity. Not much respect for the taxpayer there considering your own modelling knows it will do nothing to reduce congestion and will likely make it worse. Secondly you will spend over $50M removing active transportation which will again increase congestion, reduce positive health incomes, and get people injured all costing our healthcare system more. Again, where is the respect for the taxpayer?

Instead I suggest scrapping this bill and start pricing congestion. Then take the proceeds and pay a dividend to all Ontarians. Those that don't drive much will be,.and those thanks drive a lot will benefit from the dramatic reduction in traffic. Win freaking win. You would be revolutionary, visionary leaders. Instead this bill puts you in a long list of North American leaders who take the easy way out because it sounds like building a highway should work, but again, if it did, we wouldn't be having this conversation.