First of all, as someone…

First of all, as someone that uses cycling as one of their primary modes of transportation, and has lived on Bloor street for a considerable amount of time, it is quite clear to me that the bike lanes are very well used, and move a lot more people than another lane of backed up traffic ever would.

If you are sitting in this government and you earnestly think that this bill makes any sense whatsoever, please give your head a shake. Go stand on College, Bloor, or University at rush hour and count the number of cyclists you see. You know the way that streets are laid out in toronto. There are no practical side streets these people can take and get to their destination in a reasonable amount of time. You would be forcing these people into an already overstressed and inadequate public transit system, or more likely, back into their cars. You will be doing nothing but worsening gridlock, and wasting the time and money of the people of Ontario.
And if you think that this reasoning does not apply to other cities, that may be true. That is why this is a MUNICIPAL issue, in which the provincial government has absolutely no right whatsoever to interfere.

We all know that the real purpose of this bill is to distract the constituency from the fact that the provincial government has failed to deliver on fixing housing and affordability in the provice, while actively reducing the quality of our public healthcare. We all know that this isn't about bike lanes, it's about getting everyone angry. Well, guess what? It worked. I'm angry. I'm angry that this government has continued to fail to deliver on fixing the real issues that are affecting this province, and they are wasting time and energy on an obvious straw man to distract from this fact.

I am from Alberta, so believe me when I say that i'm no stranger to obvious pandering, and this fits the bill 100%. Populism does nothing but serve short term political gains.

If this provincal government truly cares about improving the lives of the people of Ontario, they should throw this bill out and focus on solving real problems, rather than winning a few cheap votes before an election cycle.

I am thorougly dissapointed and disgusted that this bill was ever considered in earnest. You have profoundly damaged my trust that this government is acting in my best interest.