Dear Minister Sakaria and…

Dear Minister Sakaria and Premier Ford,

In communities across Ontario like mine, people are struggling to find a family doctor. They’re struggling to find an affordable place to call home.

Yet you want to spend $50 million dollars ripping up bike lanes in downtown Toronto and plan to spend billions on Highway 413?

Not only is this a massive waste of money when healthcare and housing resources are stretched thin, but it will make traffic and climate pollution even worse.

While the number of people who commute by bike might sound relevant to you, focus on the research that adding more car lanes and eliminating alternative modes of transportation will end up causing more traffic. Search up "Downs-Thomson Paradox".

Imagine if that money went to hiring frontline healthcare workers and family doctors, building affordable homes, hiring education staff, and improving the services we all rely on in our communities?

We need investments that truly support families and communities across Ontario. Not wasteful highways.

I’m asking you to reverse course on Bill 212 and cancel Highway 413 once and for all.

Sincerely, a newly-registered voter/taxpayer