This Bill is extremely…

This Bill is extremely flawed, blatantly misleading in its supposed desired outcome and actively dangerous to the environment & citizens of this province.

Schedule 1 & 2 allows for the seizure of personal property with a lack of due process, this violates our charter of rights and freedoms.

Schedule 3: It is completely irresponsible to exempt highways from the standard procedure of land surveying and environmental assessments from both a fiscal and practical standpoint. In fact these studies are extra critical in the case of highway 413 which is being built through wet land area. Even if you don't care about the impacts on species at risk (which this provincial government clearly doesn't) these surveys are needed to determine the viability of any construction. I have a civil engineering degree and work in the industry. It need to be stated that building a road on soil which will have liquefaction issue, massive settlement will result in extremely high costs for initial construction, have reduced service life and massively increase maintenance costs. Furthermore building in a water shed requires careful planning of the grading and elevation in order to avoid washout and flooding which again will lead to lover service life and could cause dangerous conditions for both drivers and adjacent areas. Skipping this important planning step, will not save time as the issues that are bound to arise from inadequate design planning will cause greatly increased cost and substantial delays in operation when unforeseen issues pop up during construction or afterwards. This government claims

Schedule 4 & Amendments: This bike lanes have been prove in peer reviewed study after study to improve traffic not impeded it, and boost sales at local businesses not harm them. This can be seen by looking at many European cities, Montreal, but you don't have to look any further than the Bloor bike lane which showed increased sales at local business compared to a control street where bike lanes were not installed. These lanes reduce congestion by allowing more trips (both full and last km before/after transit) be taken by bikes. Every car off the street is one less car blocking up car lanes. The removal of the three most important bike lanes in Toronto would cripple the bike system, harm drivers be a massive waste of money, cause more construction and slow traffic. The province has shown inabillity to properly manage the transit projects it is currently working, yet now it wants to take on the additional responsibility of reviewing each and every minor road variance of every municipality in the entire province?

Schedule 5: Previous legislation has taken strides to remove predatory tow truck drivers who may as well be con-artists. They impound vehicles then charge astronomical fees and make it extremely difficult and time consuming to retrieve your vehicle charging you all the while. I have the victim of this and while my insurance paid for it as I was not at fault for the collision, this price gouging just results in higher fees and premium for regular citizens.