Doug Ford is desperately trying to be Mayor of Toronto again. He never quite got over losing that election back in 2014.
He has been trying to interfere in Toronto's bike-lane policy for months now. He claims it slows down his commute into the office. Well, that's not quite what he says in so many words, but reading between the lines...
The Ontario Superior Court, however, ruled, with evidence to back it up, that Ford's proposed lane removals would put people at an "increased risk of harm and death" and violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Now, he's claiming that "a judge overrules the people of Ontario because of ideology", and that the court ruling is "ridiculous" (by which he omeans he disagrees with it). Well, as it happens, the people of Toronto - the relevant part of Ontario in this case - are 80% behind expanding bike lanes according to recent polls. Ford's own reaction wouldn't be due to ideology, would it?
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