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Ontario Premier Doug Ford threatens to do away with automated speed cameras

Published Sep 10, 2025 at 11:01am

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford threatens to do away with automated speed cameras

Cars zoom past a vandalized traffic speed camera beside High Park in Toronto on Thursday August 24, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn FNG

Ontario Premier Doug Ford wants municipalities to get rid of automated speed cameras — or else he will.

Over the last few days, 17 automated speed cameras were cut down in Toronto, part of an ongoing trend that has seen 800 incidents of vandalism against the cameras reported to the city this year.

Ford called the cameras nothing more than a cash grab for the city and suggested there are better ways to deter speeding, particularly in school zones.

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