Hi there, I’m disappointed…

Hi there, I’m disappointed that Bill 212 has been rushed through with such vague, dangerous language. This sloppiness allows for far too much overreach from the Province in every Schedule item. I’m strongly opposed to Bill 212.

I made an entire video breaking down my thoughts, and that can be found online. That video is making the rounds online and for good reason: the schedules that go over Highway 413 (the majority of the 22 pages of the Bill 413) have not been in the news and instead, the bike lanes have been all that have been talked about. It's important that they're talked about because removing them is wrong on so many levels, however, highway development was snuck in under the noses of the public.

Doug Ford specifically stated in the past that he would not be touching the Greenbelt but here he is, bypassing environmental assessments and implementing land grabs.

As for everything to do with the Provincial overreach of matters to do with bike lanes and removing the ability to sue the Province for issues that the Province creates (endangering road users who are outside of vehicles), that’s not service the citizens of Ontario. It’s taking rights away.

Bill 212 won’t reduce gridlock because more lanes simply don’t reduce traffic, they just cause MORE people to drive, which then creates more congestion. The fact that the Minister of Transportation doesn’t grasp this makes him unfit for the position.

Ontarians NEED more options to get around, other than being forced to drive personal automobiles, which are only getting more and more expensive.

The Province of Ontario needs to be using the money that they’ve earmarked for Highway Expansions for Healthcare and Education because the money is clearly there.

As for housing affordability, the Missing Middle needs to be the majority of units that we are building – not Single Family Dwellings.

So in the end, Bill 212 will neither reduce gridlock nor save anyone time.