... the Dutch DO have a lot of bikes. EVERYBODY rides a bicycle.... it's very flat there, not a lot of hills.
I can see "e bike" penetration being significantly higher there.
You can buy a "e bike" hub motor (2000w, IIRC in Ontario you're allowed 750w) that will wheelie from a standing start... one on the front, one on the back and a ton o' batteries... YEE HAW.
I used to see a guy every morning in Mississauga, whizzing down the side of Dundas on his two stroke bicycle doing about 80kph (clearly illegal) on a bike that wasn't a Whizzer (so clearly illegal)
If there was 100x as many "e-bikes" in The Netherlands as there are here, I can see "e-bikes" being a problem... BUT 247 of 'EM????