This proposal is infuriating…

This proposal is infuriating. Once again, the province is meddling in municipal affairs which are not its concern. And specifically in Toronto, which is the only city whose streets are specifically mentioned. The City of Toronto is a large, sophisticated entity well capable of managing its own affairs.

The premise of the legislation is wrong on virtually all accounts: bike lanes are NOT responsible for grid lock. You can thank construction as well as the ever increasing number of cars for that. The idea that bikes should take alternate routes belies geography. Simply pull up a street map of Toronto and tell me what alternate route exists to Bloor. There are none.

If the Minister is looking to help with gridlock and transportation in Toronto, he should focus on Metrolinx's ongoing, years-long bungling of the Eglinton LRT. There you have a real problem that 100% belongs to the province and which the province alone can fix. Can you please focus on cleaning up that nightmare of a project which is causing real harm to Toronto instead of distracting yourself with nonexistent problems that are not your purview.