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Ford rejects mayors' push to keep speed cameras in Ontario
Premier Ford insists on banning municipal speed cameras, citing $52 million in fines from 2020-2024 and plans to fund alternative traffic-calming measures in school zones.
- Premier Doug Ford rejected a request from more than 20 mayors to tweak speed cameras, saying `Our government is banning this municipal cash grab once and for all,` after introducing legislation in September to ban them.
- Pointing to sharp growth in fines, the premier said speed camera fines grew nearly nine times, totaling more than $52 million, and Ford called them `cash grabs, pure and simple` failing to slow drivers.
- Municipal data show Toronto issued more than 550,000 tickets from January to August 2025, generating over $30 million, while one camera issued nearly 70,000 tickets since 2022 collecting $7.3 million.
- Mayors including Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown and Burlington Mayor Marianne Meed Ward warn a ban would reverse school-zone safety gains and increase pressure on municipal police, while the province offered provincial funding for roundabouts, speed bumps and signage.
- The dispute has sparked a province-wide debate over road safety and municipal authority, with studies from the Hospital for Sick Children and Toronto Metropolitan University showing speeds fall where cameras operate, and Ontario's school boards recently urging safety over politics.
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