Ford government says it will ban speed cameras across Ontario

27-Sep-2025

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on September 25 that his government will soon table legislation to ban the use of speed cameras — a traffic enforcement tool Ford has called an ineffective "tax grab."

"Over the last few years, we've seen municipalities across the province use municipal speed cameras as nothing more than a cash grab," he said at a news conference in Vaughan. "People are fed up."

Ford said speed cameras don't slow people down, and the province plans to establish a new provincial fund to help municipalities put in place other "proactive traffic-calming initiatives that stop people from speeding in the first place." That includes speed bumps, roundabouts, raised crosswalks and curb extensions.

Ford did not say where money for the fund would come from or how much it would cost. He said the government will also require municipalities with existing speed cameras in school zones to install large signs with flashing lights to slow down drivers.