I am asking the government…

I am asking the government to stop Bill 60. It is the wrong bill at the wrong time, and it is not helping the people of Ontario. This bill will make life harder, not easier. It will make traffic worse, not better. It will make our communities less safe, not more safe. Anyone who has spent even five minutes on the roads in Ontario knows this is true.

This bill takes away the ability of cities to build bike lanes, bus lanes, school streets, and safer roads. It blocks simple, common-sense improvements. And for what. More traffic. More delays. More gridlock. People are already sitting in their cars for hours. This bill will make that even worse.

You cannot fix traffic by forcing more people to drive. That is not how it works. Every place that tried this, from Texas to Florida, saw the same thing. More lanes for cars means more cars in the lanes. More cars in the lanes means more congestion. It is common sense.

This bill is cruel because its consequences are predictable. More collisions, more injuries, more deaths. More kids breathing polluted air. More people stuck in traffic when they could be walking or biking to work or school. More stress on people with disabilities and people who cannot afford a car. These are real Ontarians with real lives. This bill hurts them.

This bill is also tone-deaf. It tells municipalities they cannot make their own decisions. It says Queen’s Park knows what is best for every street in every town. That is not how you respect local communities. Cities know their roads. They know their residents. They know what works on the ground. The province should let them do their jobs.

And this bill will cost money. A lot of money. More driving means more wear on the roads. More wear on the roads means more repairs and more tax dollars spent. More collisions mean more strain on police, fire, ambulances, and hospitals. We say we want to cut costs, but this bill pushes them higher.

People in Ontario want safe streets, cleaner air, shorter commutes, and more choices. They want to walk, they want to bike, they want to take transit, and they want to drive when they need to. They want real options. Bill 60 takes those options away.

This is not helping drivers. It is not helping cyclists. It is not helping families. It is not helping businesses. It is not helping anyone.

Bill 60 should be withdrawn. Let municipalities build the communities people want. Let them build real, common-sense solutions that actually make life easier, not harder.

Ontarians deserve better than this. They deserve policies that help people, not hurt them.