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Dr Leslyn Lewis on Garnet Genuis' podcast about her @CPC_HQ leadership bid and abortion.
She suggests unifying the party on an anti-abortion agenda and "restoring democracy".
A true democratic leader doesn't suggest taking away women's health care and rights.
Years ago, while I was doing consulting work for the City of Sydney, Australia, there was an INFAMOUS day where a particularly bad state minister of transportation was stuck in traffic, and saw bike riders zoom by his limousine in a safe, protected bike-lane.
He had a petty temper tantrum, and ordered that the bike-lane be ripped out.
Those were people safely riding who would otherwise have been inside cars, making traffic even worse on that street. They were saving public money, improving their health (and public health costs), reducing pollution and emissions, improving their happiness and quality of life, enhancing their affordability, reducing noise, supporting businesses, reducing traffic congestion, and making more space for better streets and cities for everyone.
That transportation minister didnโt understand urban transportation. He didnโt understand geometry. He sure didnโt understand the public interest.
Or he did understand, but didnโt care.
There were plenty of studies and evidence proving that bike-lanes in Sydney werenโt causing congestion.
The bike-lane hadnโt even replaced a lane of car traffic! It replaced street parking, which ironically can contribute to street congestion.
He wasted public money, put lives in danger, made the city less healthy, undermined the economic development success of the city, increased pollution, made congestion worse. and a lot more.
All because he was petty.
It was pretty much one of the dumbest, most damaging things Iโve ever seen a bad politician do. And thatโs saying a lot.
And now we have whatโs happening with the Ford Government in Ontario, with his war on evidence-based decision making, bike-lanes and better cities.
Sound familiar, Ontario?
The good news? That Australian politician actually didnโt last very long in government.