I would like to vigorously…

I would like to vigorously protest the provisions of this Bill, regarding the removal of existing bike lanes in Toronto, as well as the quashing of plans for the future creation of bike lanes on Toronto and surrounding streets and roads that would be well-served by having bike lanes. My concerns are primarily in two areas:
1) Bike lanes and cycling infrastructure in large urban communities like Toronto benefit both cyclists and non-cyclists alike, by reducing traffic pollution, parking problems for cars and other large vehicles and (yes, it's true) even traffic congestion and gridlock. That is why large, truly world-class Western cities like New York, London and Paris, with larger populations and more complex roadways than Toronto, have all chosen to advance bike commutation and general transport by bike by constructing bike-only lanes and improving streets for bicycle use generally. Toronto has aspirations to being a "world-class city," but so long as it allows the province to prioritize cars over people and spout inane drivel about the "war on the car," Toronto will remain a bush-league vassal of a bush-league province.

2) The province has no right morally (and shouldn't either, legally) to legislate on purely municipal issues. Very few provincial ministers, including the Premier, live in the centre of Toronto or have any apparent affection for or understanding of the place. The invocation of the notwithstanding clause in order to halve the size of Toronto City Council a few years ago is the perfect example of intrusion by the province in a city's business, and the desire to control what should be controlled by the local city council. Now, bringing non-urban ideas and philosophies into the city core is another example, just as egregious, of the province huffing and puffing its way into the city's business, at the expense of citizens (why can't that $48 million it would take to demolish existing bike lanes be used to get people into affordable housing and/or supply food banks and generally service the populus, instead of tyrannizing bike riders? Please dump this ridiculous idea and let Toronto deal with traffic and air-quality problems in intelligent ways, one of which is the encouragement of non-motorized bicycle transport. Thank you