Overview

• An open letter from 22 Ontario mayors asks the province to halt its plan to outlaw municipal automated speed enforcement and to allow tightly focused use in school and community safety zones.
• The mayors propose changes such as higher ticket thresholds, operations tied to school hours, first‑offense warnings, prominent signage, no doubled fines, and limits on multiple tickets within seven days.
• Brampton council voted unanimously to oppose the ban and backed a compromise that includes school‑zone deployment, peak‑hour thresholds, and caps on tickets per licence plate, while seeking reimbursement and funding for alternative calming if a ban proceeds.
• Premier Doug Ford says legislation will be introduced in October to prohibit municipal ASE, calling cameras a “cash grab,” and his transportation minister has signaled all municipalities are expected to comply.
• Citing a SickKids–Toronto Metropolitan University study and a CAA survey showing strong support in sensitive areas, mayors argue fines fund road‑safety work, as Vaughan’s earlier cancellation drew Ford’s praise and the province floated repurposing cameras for crime amid reports of vandalism in Toronto.