Sorry Doug, that post is just soo wrong. I drive the 417,416, and 401 all the time, sometimes even the 407.. the roads are not bad at all. The QEW is rough, but still being repaired. I average 70 MPH on those roads an feel very safe, and I am not a young kid, Im in my 40's. BTW today all big trucks in Ontario have to have speed limiters to keep the truck under 105 KM/hr... now I feel safer
Do I see worse drivers today? No, the new driver tests seem to be better, still not hard enough for my liking, but better. We do have too many distractions, be it Sat Radio, GPS or Cell.. thats an issue. Accident death rates have been dropping with the improvements in the cars... not the drop in speed from 70 to 60 to save fuel... had nothing to do with it, check the published numbers.
Maybe the road up in Sudbury is bad, you do get harsher winters ( how about those record snow falls and the cooler summers eh) than us in the sunny south of Ontario
As for gun control, it does not work. Take away guns like Britain, suddenly everyone has a knife, except the real crooks who still have guns. your right, it was politics to win seats in Quebec, and is a Liberal tax grab.