Dear Mr. Premier, Bill 212. …

Dear Mr. Premier,
Bill 212. It’s not much of a vision you’re offering the citizens of Ontario, of which I’m one. Your recent TV add promoting Ontario shows us life in an ever expanding low density single family suburb somewhere at the end of a mind numbing car drive to somewhere else, no one can bear or afford. In this dream we get to use the fabulous convenience of our many cars for all our trips. This vignette skips past the fact that parents are terrified to let their children out to play. Witness the latest killing last week of a 13 year old girl as she took her bike across a cross walk in Ajax, run over by an in attentive driver of an over scaled SUV. Current studies indicate that two thirds of Canadians including children are over weight or obese. There are lots of reasons. One is urban design. In the car-centric settlements you are so committed to, parents are certain their children will be killed by their neighbours. And of course they are not wrong. So no more road hockey, no more exploring where you live. Just putting in time until you’re 16.

Mr. Premier, leave the City alone. If you have no province wide leadership ideas to offer then at least limit your concerns to your own suburban constituents. Raise the speed limits, make alternate means of transportation illegal. Have at it. But leave the City of Toronto alone!!

And begin by rescinding Bill 212!!!!!!!