My husband and I are in are…

My husband and I are in are mid-70s. We live at Bloor & Dufferin. We ride bikes to get around the city.
We need to feel and be safe. We rely on bike lanes. Particularly the Bloor St. bike lane. The University Ave and Yonge Street bike lanes are also important for our comfort and safety.

The European and Montreal bike lane models are very successful. We wonder why Doug Ford wants to pollute the city further instead of fostering and supporting more bike lanes for cleaner air. Downtown gridlock is caused by all the construction going on, not by bike lanes.

This smells like an election ‘move’ to garner votes from ‘drivers of cars’. It also feels like a ‘dictator’ move by overriding the power of City of Toronto councillors.

Also, very suspicious: The $200 for every Ontarian. Buying votes, anyone? And what is with providing beer and liquor in corner and grocery stores? It feels like promoting alcoholism. Just like keeping the liquor stores, and the big box stores, open during the Covid lockdowns, and closing small businesses, many of whom went out of business. Fancy spa at Ontario Place, selling off our Green Belt, closing the Science Centre???

Bread and circus. Bread and circus. Keep the masses in alcohol, entertained, and distracted. Dictator moves…