This is a thinly veiled…

This is a thinly veiled attempt to sweep aside important environmental checks on the development of Highway 413. The area it is proposed to be built through contains fragile ecosystems with rare species that have been destroyed and lost in most of the rest of the Province. This highway is not needed, and this bill will do irreparable harm to the Greenbelt area. Spend the billions on improvement public transit, which will not need additional infrastructure built and will benefit far more people than a new highway will.

The removing of bike lanes in this Bill is a red herring, but even this on its own is a momentously stupid waste of money. Bike lanes, and the use of bikes, can also reduce gridlock in the GTA, and should be encouraged further with better infrastructure, and proper winter maintenance of bike lanes.

Removing bike lanes will not reduce gridlock in Toronto, nor will building a highway that doesn't go anywhere close to the city (especially when there is a perfectly good and underutilized highway - 407 - nearby).

All this is, is another huge waste of taxpayer money. I was under the impression that the Progressive Conservative party were fiscally conservative, but this Bill (along with many others such as the cancellation of the Beer Store contract) shows that they do not care for being fiscally responsible at all.