(Cyclists rallying at Queen’s Park. Photo: Joshua Best)
On July 30, 2025, the Ontario Superior Court ruled in Cycle Toronto v. Ontario that the province's attempt to remove 19 km of protected bike lanes was reckless and arbitrary and violated Canadians' Charter rights under Section 7. Far from establishing a positive right to bike lanes, the court's decision affirmed that governments cannot take actions such as removing existing protected bike lanes that knowingly increase danger without breaching fundamental Charter protections. Read the decision.
The province appealed, and at the time of writing, that decision is still pending.
Regardless of what comes next, we don't expect a decision to be the end of the road. The threat of the notwithstanding clause continues to loom. And even if we do prevail on Bill 212 and stop the removal of bike lanes, a decision affirming the court's ruling does nothing to reverse Bill 60's provincial restrictions on new bike lanes.
Join us to celebrate this victory and stand up against this ongoing pattern of provincial interference and undermining of local democracy.
Our friends at No Jets TO and Toronto Tenant Union will be joining us in solidarity.
6 PM meet; 6:15 PM ride.
