This is a personal comment: …

This is a personal comment:

I used to live in Toronto (Yonge/Eglington) from 2018 to early 2021 - and then moved to Montreal where I live since then.

One very major reason for the move was that there was no good bike infrastructure in Toronto and I felt very unsafe to ride, especially with my young kids (either in a bike trailer or them riding on their own bike). With the new infrastructure in Toronto around Bloor, Yonge, and University it seemed like Toronto was on the right track and I even considered maybe moving back to Toronto in the future.

Biking in Montreal with the infrastructure here feels very safe and I ride almost everyday (also with the kids). My family and I are in one of the upper income brackets, own a home, and are glad that our tax dollars are going towards public infrastructure such as bike lanes.

With proper and safe biking infrastructure in Toronto I would have happily considered living and paying taxes in Toronto - but with plans like these and ripping up newly-built biking infrastructure, this will certainly not happen.

I will stay in Montreal and advice my professional and international network to not even waste a thought about moving to Toronto (or Ontario). Sorry to be so blunt, but it is what it is.