Cycle Toronto has launched a charter challenge claiming the Ford government is engaging in a 'legislative campaign against people who ride bikes'
WATCH: As the Ford government puts the wheels in motion to begin removing bike lanes from three Toronto thoroughfares, an expert who helped advise the city on their installation is warning the cost could be significant.
“This reckless legislative act infringes the rights of people who ride bikes, other road users, and/or pedestrians in the City of Toronto under s. 7 of the Charter by depriving them of life and security of the person contrary to principles of fundamental justice,” the court application claims.For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.
“Getting rid of those nasty, terrible bike lanes that are on main arterial roads,” Ford recently said in the Ontario legislature. “We have a different thought process: Put them on the secondary roads.” “Bill 212 also introduced provisions prohibiting cyclists from suing the province if they are injured or killed by a collision with a motor vehicle in what used to be a bike lane that was removed,” Cycle Toronto states.
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