49 h. ago Mayors call on Ford to cover municipalities’ speed camera cancellation costs

Ford has announced that his government will introduce legislation this month to prohibit the use of speed cameras across the province.

Politics

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

6 d. ago BUTLER: Ford’s speed camera ban puts building before blaming

The premier's infrastructure-first approach could vindicate progressive theories about road safety

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6 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 […]

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8 d. ago 'Worst decision': Londoners unhappy with plan to ban speed cameras

Coun. Skylar Franke called Premier Doug Ford's proposal “bad policy.”  

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8 d. ago Back off our speed cameras, Premier Ford | Letters To The Editor

Monday: Sept. 29: Citizen readers aren't slowing down in their feedback on the speed camera fiasco. Plus, gratitude for Mollypenny

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9 d. ago HOLYDAY: Make tweaks to speed cameras before axing them altogether

City council should scale back the program immediately, and do some cost accounting to right size it.

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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 Toronto mayor resisting speed camera ban, plans to tell residents to complain to province

Chow said she plans to bring a motion to city council designed to lobby MPPs and public opinion against an impending speed camera ban.

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9 d. ago Two GTA mayors disagree with Ford’s decision to ban automated speed cameras

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow says Ontario Premier Doug Ford has made “the wrong decision” when it comes to his proposed legislative ban on automated speed cameras when MPPs return to work in October. “Speed cameras work,” Chow told reporters Thursday following the Premier’s announcement. “They help save lives. And we know speeding kills. Today, the […]

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1 week 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

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1 week ago Ford announces plans to ban speed cameras in Ontario: ‘Enough is enough’

Ford said the government will be launching a new fund for municipalities to install road safety measures

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1 week ago Ottawa councillor says city should 'refine' but not remove speed cameras

Premier Doug Ford will introduce legislation next month that will ban municipal automated speed enforcement cameras across Ontario.

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1 week ago Ford government likely to unveil next steps in speed camera battle

The premier is scheduled to hold a news conference at 11 a.m. in Vaughan after teasing his plans to give Ontario cities money to install speed bumps and flashing lights.

Politics

1 week ago Speed cameras for slowest drivers in Ottawa? | Letters to the Editor

Thursday, Sept. 25: Citizen readers share more ideas, and, yes, complaints, with speed cameras. You can write to us too, at letters@ottawacitizen.com

Transport

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 Ontario mayor who removed his city’s speed cameras wrote the law that introduced them

In a statement, Vaughan Mayor Steven Del Duca said he believed the right regulations were needed for speed cameras. He said he has heard from residents they're not working.

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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

1 week ago Today's letters: Bruce Deachman, you make some good points about speed cameras

Wednesday, Sept. 24: Citizen readers write — en masse — about speed cameras and red lights.

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