{"id":2311,"date":"2007-09-18T19:20:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-18T23:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=2311"},"modified":"2013-01-21T13:38:48","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T18:38:48","slug":"bikes-belong-in-ontario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/09\/18\/bikes-belong-in-ontario\/","title":{"rendered":"Bikes Belong in Ontario"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/217\/520516427_b140a5bd34.jpg\" height=\"375\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-admin\/www.btac.org\">The Bicycle Trade Association of Canada <\/a>(BTAC), with the <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-admin\/www.thinkfirst.ca\">ThinkFirst Foundation of Canada<\/a>, an organization dedicated to preventing brain and spinal cord injury through education, is holding a media conference in Toronto at <a href=\"http:\/\/sweetpetes.com\/index.cfm\">Sweet Pete&#8217;s Bike Shop<\/a>, on Thursday. The groups will be discussing: the release of the &#8220;Bikes belong in Ontario!&#8221; policy platform, support for the proposal of provincial investment in municipal cycling infrastructure and an Ontario PST exemption on bicycles and bicycle helmets, and explaining how the bicycle is the healthiest, most environmentally friendly and efficient means of urban transportation available to Ontarians.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT<\/strong>: Release of &#8220;Bikes belong in Ontario!&#8221; policy platform<br \/>\n<strong>WHERE<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/sweetpetes.com\/index.cfm\">Sweet Pete&#8217;s Bike Shop<\/a>, 1204 Bloor Street West (on the north side, 2 blocks west of Dufferin)<br \/>\n<strong>WHEN<\/strong>: Thursday, September 20, 2007, 11 AM<br \/>\n<strong>WHO<\/strong>: Rob White, BTAC Vice-President, Dr. Charles Tator, ThinkFirst Foundation of Canada President,Pete Lilly, Sweet Pete&#8217;s Bike Shop and BTAC Director<\/p>\n<p>The Bicycle Trade Association of Canada (BTAC) is the national voice of cycling in Canada and the hub of the Canadian bicycle industry. BTAC advocates, builds partnerships, promotes trade and commerce and seeks to motivate, unit and inspire Canadians to make bicycling the pre-eminent form of transportation and recreation in Canada. See <a href=\"www.btac.org\">www.btac.org<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo courtesy of\/crossposted to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiketo.ca\">I Bike TO<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bicycle Trade Association of Canada (BTAC), with the ThinkFirst Foundation of Canada, an organization dedicated to preventing brain and spinal cord injury through education, is holding a media conference in Toronto at Sweet Pete&#8217;s Bike Shop, on Thursday. 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