"They put a single bike lane on a single street and no one used it!!"
I doubt many people would use a road for cars if there were only one and you had to drive on busy railroads to get to it. Same logic applies to a bike lane surrounded by car-centric infrastructure. You need a network, not a single lane, if you actually want people to use a means of transportation.
That's ignoring the fact that drivers consistently underestimate how many people actually use the bike lane.
We could also make less work for firefighters by collectively performing society-wide mass suicide, but I don't see what that has to do with reasonable restrictions during a time of crisis.
My definition of crisis is when there are multiple out of control forest fires active in my province. I think restricting activity in high-risk areas makes sense, especially when firefighting resources are already used up fighting existing fires elsewhere in the province.
I'm honestly a bit disappointed in the takes I'm seeing here in the comments. People literally repeating stuff reported by Alex Jones as if that's in any way a trustworthy source.
I love the woods, that's why I'm more than happy to avoid them during an ongoing crisis. Let the firefighters save the forests and not accidentally give them more work, y'know?
As highlighted in Gilmore's video, it's 100% the same energy as the reaction the right had to masking mandates.
People who are the problem and starting fires will ignore the ban while responsible people who want to enjoy nature or walk home through the park are the ones punished.
With this logic, we might as well stop having laws. Criminals always ignore them anyway.
Seriously, half the fucking country lives in the Québec City - Windsor corridor and we don't even have a high speed train there?? It's a political issue, not a geographical one.
This reminds me of my local "$CITY's Worst Drivers" Facebook group, where every single post has a bunch of racist comments saying that every bad driver is an immigrant.
As someone who almost gets killed by drivers on a weekly basis (yay commuting by bicycle in North America!) I confirm everyone sucks at driving. All genders, races, ages. It's almost as if cars are an inherently dangerous and shitty means of transportation.
The fact that a woman wearing a spaghetti-strap tank top and being expressive immediately makes you assume she's a porn actress says a lot about you.