Bill 212 has been "branded" as the act that will remove bike lanes from a few streets in Toronto, this is not the main part of the act though, just the part they told us about. If you read the full act you can see there is a clause that allows the province to take your land for any highway that they want to build, without the ability to fight it throught the Expropriation Act.

This could be true for ANY highway. Do you live on the Gardiner, QEW, 401, 427, or any other 400 series highway, you could be at MASSIVE risk. This is a major legal overstep for the province, and we need to fight it. The public hearing seems to focus just on the bike line part of the act, and doesn't tell the full story.

A direct quote from the actual text of the act:
"A provision prohibits registered owners form applying under the expopriations act for the adjustment of the date of possession for land that was expropriated by the Ministor for the purposes of priority highway project."

You can find the full text of the act here:

Bill 212, Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 - Legislative Assembly of Ontario

You can comment on the bill here:

Bill 212 - Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 - Framework for bike lanes that require removal of a traffic lane. | Environmental Registry of Ontario

Note that the comments seem to focus on the bike lanes part, but I encourage everyone to fight the LAND STEAL piece of the act as well. We need to shift the focus to the real message here as 100s of thousands of Ontarians are now at risk of being expropriated for any lane extension or widening of highways and major roads.

https://torontohousing.ca/prospective-tenants/affordable-rent/affordable-housing-rental-units-175-oak-street

I saw that this opened today.

There are one and two bedroom units available for people with a NET household income of less than $65.5k and $76.5k, respectively. The rent is $1366 for the one bed and $1594 for the two bed.

You have until Dec 13 to submit your expression of interest.

It's only 24 units and I'm sure that thousands will apply, but it's a lottery, so if you are looking for reasonable rent, you could get lucky!

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