I am very unhappy with Doug…

I am very unhappy with Doug Ford's intrusion into the City's affairs related to the bike lanes. We have a local democratically elected government that we, Torontonians, voted into office. Mayor Chow ran on a bike-friendly ticket and won the election and implemented bike-friendly policies.

Now you are interfering in what is obviously a local matter. The City has done a lot of consultations and homework in setting up a network of bike lanes, and if you look at them those lanes are now being heavily used. Including on major streets. The amount of bike traffic has gone up exponentially.

To create this valuable multi-modal transportation, a lot of effort and money were spent. The construction efforts to retool streets like Bloor Street involved inconvenience and temporary disruptions to residents and businesses. But it was worth it, now we have an excellent network. Now you want everyone to be inconvenienced by another level of government arbitrarily coming in to rip it up. And you want Toronto taxpayers to pay for that. (again) How much money, time and inconvenience are we talking about here based on what seems to be a whim?

Your talking points in support of your overreach seem to run along these lines: "there are lots of cars in Ontario".

So what? Obviously those cars are not going to all fit on Bloor Street. The City has been investing in a more walkable, bikable downtown rather than a highway-like downtown. That is a local decision and you should withdraw this legislation immediately.