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[–] 12 points 3 weeks ago* (4 children)

Un-fun fact: the laws that allow cities to exist are at the provincal level, which is what allows them to do this. It's also why they are able to reduce the number of councillors in Toronto a few years ago, and how they can force amalgamation.

I wonder if as many people would have voted for Doug if they knew this.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    So question. What stops the local government from, after they are removed, investing in building new ones?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    The law they passed.

    I talk about it at the end of this comment. The original law was to prevent new installs where they remove traffic lanes.

    It was amended to add the removal of these.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    What if they narrowed existing lanes, a daily took land from surrounding businesses blaming Ford? Or tolled the shit out of the road for non local commuters until a multi use path was built with the funds?

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