To gather more votes from the majority of the electorate who drive into the city.
Bike lanes only serve those who live in Toronto and those people don't vote for these clowns anyways. Hell, even people who never drive where there are bike lanes will like this to give the middle finger to all the people who bike in the city.
If the Bloor lanes get removed. I'm going to do that pool noodle thing for safe passing and take the lane every time.