I am extremely disappointed…

I am extremely disappointed that this bill does not reflect the climate and environmental crises that we are facing in this province. We need to support greener modes of transit like biking, not take out bike lanes to prioritize cars which are are a leading emitter of greenhouse gases. To ask the City of Toronto to spend its own money to take out bike lanes that were just recently installed (like the ones on University Avenue) is a complete waste of taxpayers money. Bike lanes create a safe way for people to commute and travel around the city on a bike, which is so important to encourage people to get out of their cars and take active transportation instead. It is not the Provinces job to police how the cities plan and utilize their streets to best support their community and the needs to provide many modes of transportation options. Reducing a car commuters time by a few minutes is not more important than protecting our environment and reducing our greenhouse gas emissions. We are in the climate crises and the province is seeing the effects, flooding, wildfires, extreme heat are all way more important things to tackle than saving a few minutes on a daily car commute.

Removing environmental assessments to approve a highway and bike lanes is also going against the best interest of the citizens of this province, we need to ensure these projects are not going to harm our environment further.

It is a disgrace in this time of a climate crises that this provincial government wants to take away bike lines and do away with environmental assessments. This government does not care about the people, it cares about lining the pocketbooks of its supports, as was clear during the Greenbelt scandal.