5 d. ago Doug Ford muses using decommissioned speed cameras to catch crooks

'I'm wondering if we can use those cameras to identify stolen cars as well'

Society

5 d. ago Doug Ford muses about using decommissioned speed cameras to catch crooks

'I'm wondering if we can use those cameras to identify stolen cars as well'

Society

5 d. ago Doug Ford muses about repurposing speed cameras for surveillance

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is musing about repurposing the speed cameras he intends to soon ban and using them to track down stolen cars and home invasion suspects. Ford has announced his government will introduce legislation next month to prohibit the use of speed cameras across the province. Various regions that use the cameras, as […]

Other

9 d. ago Speed cameras in London: A 'tax grab' or road safety success?

London's deputy mayor calls Premier Doug Ford's decision to ban speed cameras 'short-sighted'

Economics

9 d. ago Doug Ford vs. speed cameras: Why Ontario’s premier is cracking down

'This is all about a cash grab off taxpayers,' Ford said while announcing legislation to eliminate automated speed enforcement province-wide

Other

1 week ago Premier Doug Ford under fire for plan to scrap speed cameras

Premier Doug Ford’s plan to scrap speed cameras on local roads has put him at odds with Toronto’s mayor and police chief. “Speed kills,” warned Mayor Olivia Chow. “Torontonians, especially those most vulnerable like children, need to be safe. And we know speed cameras work.  And that is why Toronto will always support having speed […]

Events

1 week ago The Ford government legalized speed cameras in 2019. Now, it says they’re a ‘tax grab’

Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government created the framework for cities to introduce automated speed cameras in 2019, but is now pushing to have them eliminated.

Politics

2 w. ago Automated speed cameras make roads safer, Ontario police chiefs say

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is trying to axe automated speed cameras in towns and cities, calling them a 'tax grab' and suggesting they don't make streets safer.

Events

2 w. ago Doug Ford calls them a ‘tax grab,’ but Ontario police chiefs say speed cameras work

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is trying to axe automated speed cameras in towns and cities, calling them a 'tax grab' and suggesting they don't make streets safer.

Economics

2 w. ago Ontario city stops speed camera use as Ford pushes for end to ‘tax grab’

The City of Vaughan has formally dropped its use of automated speed enforcement cameras as Ontario’s premier urges municipalities that have them to end the “tax grab.”

Economics

3 w. ago Speed cameras cut down, Premier Doug Ford wants to scrap them all

Lights, camera, action cut! No it’s not the latest horror movie to premier at TIFF, but what appeared to be an organized effort to cut down 16 speed enforcement cameras across the city. With many criticizing the deployment of the cameras as a cash grab, the acts of vandalism sparked Ontario Premier Doug Ford […]

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3 w. ago Doug Ford tells Ontario municipalities he will get rid of automated speed cameras if they don’t

The premier called the cameras nothing but a cash grab and suggested ‘huge signs, big flashing lights’ to slow down traffic near schools

Politics

3 w. ago ‘Tax grab’: Ford considers forcing cities to get rid of automated speed cameras

Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles said the premier's comments were 'idiotic' and accused him of planning to make the province's roads less safe.

Economics