I would have believed this was satire, if the story wasn’t linked.
Injured cyclists can't sue province under amendment to new Ontario bike lane bill, NDP says
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The shit in Bill 212 is bonkers. The biking stuff is less than a page among a dozen or so. It's a shitshow from start to finish.
This video explains everything in the bill. I think the bike shit is a distraction. It's supposed to be upsetting, it's supposed to seem like they don't know what the fuck they are talking about. It's constructed that way so we don't pay attention to everything else.
So if I'm understanding correctly:
Doug Ford is using bike lane removal as a distraction, to bypass criticism of the parts of the bill that bypasses oversight and accountability, in order to build the bypass that bypasses Toronto's overcrowded bypass?
to bypass criticism of the parts of the bill that bypasses oversight and accountability, in order to build the bypass that bypasses Toronto’s overcrowded bypass
Makes sense that Ford is talking about a quintuple bypass.
Honestly it's comical in how transparently malicious it is. This dude fucking hates spandex or something. Maybe he can't ride a bike
I was expecting the 22 minutes clip.
Bro is straight up named after a car 💀
Could they say "we know this is a bad idea and are absolutely to blame" any louder?
Shit like this should be immediately considered an admission of guilt, and treated as such in court.
They can ban specific kinds of lawsuits?
It actually works the other way around. Most governments around the world practice Sovereign Immunity , which is a legal doctrine which says the government can never be sued. So most governments around the world have banned their people from suing them in most situations. So this really is just non-news cause that's the way it's been throughout all human history.
People get what they vote for.
And if they don't vote, they get the Ford family.
Yeah, choosing not to decide is still a choice.
Tbf every election, the opposition runs a moldy sandwich as their leader and then wonders why they lost. Not to mention I've been getting fucked by every premiere since I became an adult, no matter their party. The reason I care enough to go out there and help campaign against Ford this cycle is because of his Trump ass kissing recently. Keep that bullshit across the border. Otherwise it's another year without a good opposition
I think the constitutionality of such a law would be immediately challenged in court
Ten years ago, yeah. People cannot WAIT to rip that shit up today using the notwithstanding clause.
Not if they ban lawsuits against the province for banning lawsuits first!
How is that photo of Ford not a meme?
Can't wait for bikes to start taking up whole lanes on those major roads again. Folks will be asking for the bikes lanes back super quick. Extra points if you can target this Ford dipshit directly.
I think folks would ask for bicycles to be completely illegal to own and operate before accepting that cyclists deserve infrastructure too at the rate we are going.
That's what they've done with E-bikes. Bill 197 paved the way for them to all be reclassed as mopeds.