Overview

• Ontario’s Association of Chiefs of Police said Thursday that automated speed enforcement reduces speeding, deters collisions and allows officers to focus on other priorities.
• Premier Doug Ford has labeled the devices a tax grab, threatened to force their removal and promoted signs, flashing lights, speed bumps and roundabouts as alternatives.
• The Association of Municipalities of Ontario urged the province to keep the cameras, warning that removing them would raise speeds in community safety zones and put pedestrians at risk.
• A July study by SickKids and Toronto Metropolitan University reported a 45 percent drop in speeding where cameras operate, while Toronto logged about $40 million in fines in 2024 and more than $45 million so far this year.
• Vaughan cancelled its speed camera program this week and drew praise from Ford, as police investigate recent Toronto vandalism that saw 17 cameras cut down over two nights.