Overview

• Ontario’s four publicly funded school board associations issued a joint letter Monday urging the government not to eliminate automated speed enforcement in school safety zones.
• Premier Doug Ford has said his government will introduce legislation this month to prohibit municipal speed cameras across the province.
• The associations cite research, including a July SickKids–Toronto Metropolitan University study that found a 45% reduction in speeding near Toronto schools where cameras operate.
• The boards call for refining the program with clearer rules on camera placement, ticket thresholds and safeguards on fairness and revenues rather than dismantling it.
• Municipalities, more than 20 mayors and the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police have voiced support for keeping ASE, while Ford has labeled the program a cash or tax grab and promotes physical traffic‑calming measures such as flashing signs, roundabouts and speed bumps.