US EditionFord to target more Toronto bike lanes for removal in Ontario budget: sources
- Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced the 2025 budget on Thursday, aiming to address economic challenges and infrastructure needs across the province.
- The budget responds to economic pressures from U.S. President Trump's tariffs, which have reduced demand for Ontario exports and threaten job losses of 68,100 in 2025.
- Key measures include up to $300 million for new community-based care clinics, a $2-billion rebate to safe employers, toll removal on Highway 407, and infrastructure investments including police facilities and a proposed traffic tunnel.
- The Ford administration intends to eliminate several cycling lanes in Toronto, including those along Queen’s Park Crescent and Avenue Road, as well as key routes on major downtown streets previously targeted, despite a court injunction and ongoing legal disputes asserting that these actions jeopardize safety and infringe on constitutional rights.
- The budget signals the government’s commitment to stimulate the economy amid changing fiscal and cultural conditions, while opposition leaders and experts call for pragmatic solutions and caution on major spending projects.
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Tariffs have changed Ontario budget approach, Ford says
Ontario is set to table its budget Thursday and Premier Doug Ford is signalling it will include a lot of infrastructure spending and measures to stimulate the economy, saying U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs will be a major factor. “We have to look at it through a different lens now, since these tariffs have been put on us,” he said Wednesday. “You have two options in a budget. You start cutting and slashing, which I’ve never believed (in).…
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