Chow asks province to cover cost of crossing guards, traffic safety cops previously paid for by speed camera fines

Toronto may have to lay off about 1,000 people because of Ontario's speed camera ban: mayor

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow says the city may have to lay off about a thousand workers now that the Ontario government has effectively banned speed cameras in municipalities across the province.

As speed cameras are banned in Ontario, Toronto says it needs more funds to cope

Automated speed enforcement programs in the province officially came to an end after a lightning-fast bill from the Ford government forbade their use on city streets.

Doug Ford’s speed camera ban could mean cuts to crossing guards, traffic safety agents without more provincial funding, Olivia Chow warns

“Immediate funding” for 40 municipalities to replace their speed camera initiatives doesn’t cover the $245 million cost for Toronto alone, Olivia Chow said Thursday.

Chow asks province to cover cost of crossing guards, traffic safety cops previously paid for by speed camera fines

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow is asking the province to compensate the cost of its crossing guards and traffic safety police officers, which had been covered by fines from its speed camera program.

Ontario’s speed camera ban blocks program in Orangeville and Mono

By James Gerus The Ontario Government’s new law to ban Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) has put future plans to build cameras in Orangeville and Mono on pause, indefinitely. As part of the Ford Government’s new Bill 56, Building a More Competitive Economy Act, all municipalities in Ontario are required to discontinue their use of speed cameras. Orangeville and its neighbour, Mono, did not have Automated Speed Enforcement at the release of Bill …