Overview

• Premier Doug Ford said his government will table legislation next month to prohibit municipal automated speed enforcement across the province.
• Speaking in Hamilton, Ford called speed cameras a municipal “cash grab” and said he supports red light cameras because running reds causes serious crashes.
• Ford proposed community-approved “cameras on crime” that read licence plates and alert police to stolen vehicles, citing concerns in York Region, parts of Etobicoke, Peel, Halton and Durham.
• The Association of Municipalities of Ontario urged the province to leave decisions on speed cameras to local governments, calling the planned ban provincial overreach.
• Studies cited by officials, including work by SickKids and Toronto Metropolitan University, report reduced speeding where cameras operate, and local readers voiced strong support for keeping the devices to protect pedestrians.