Overview
- In a letter to 22 mayors, Premier Doug Ford said “the answer is no” to keeping or modifying municipal automated speed enforcement and repeated that the program is a “cash grab.”
- The government says it will introduce legislation to prohibit municipal speed cameras when the Legislature returns in the coming weeks.
- Ontario’s four publicly funded school board associations urged the province to preserve and refine cameras in school zones, citing research showing a roughly 45% drop in speeding near Toronto schools.
- Police chiefs and the Association of Municipalities of Ontario have also asked the province to reconsider, warning a ban would raise enforcement costs and reduce school‑zone safety.
- Greater Sudbury is proceeding with its program, relocating six cameras for activation on Oct. 10 and citing local data that shows sharp reductions in speeding where devices operate.