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The Conservatives have dropped a new 11-page amendment to Bill 212.
We'll be debating the amendment in committee at Queen's Park this afternoon, and we're reviewing it now.
We think the amendment does the following:
- Doesn't require the government to pay all the city’s expenses to remove the bike lanes
- Won’t reimburse municipalities for the cost of installing the lanes in the first place
- Bans people from taking the Government to court for its decision to remove bike lanes, including any individuals who are injured or killed due to a collision between a bike and a vehicle
- Approves the removal of the entirety of the Bloor St bike lane
- Bans municipalities from installing a bike lane on any road or street, including side streets, without provincial approval if a lane of vehicle traffic is removed
- Directs the provincial minister to remove the Bloor, Yonge and Avenue Road bike lanes themselves, without municipal action.
I would appreciate your take.