Bill 56 to kill auto-ticketing speed cameras
Bill introduced as Parliament returns
As promised, Doug Ford introduced a Bill which will repeal authorization for automated speed enforcement systems if passed.
As Ontario’s parliament resumed on October 19th, Ford’s government introduced Bill 56, A More Competitive Economy Act.
The Bill proposed to amend the Highway Traffic Act in two ways, as the preamble reads:
“A new section is added providing that the Minister may direct a municipality to install signs in school zones on highways under its jurisdiction, and that if the municipality does not install the signs, the Minister may carry out the installation;” and,
“Part XIV.1, which authorizes the use of automated speed enforcement systems, is repealed. Certain causes of action related to the repeal of Part XIV.1 are extinguished and various consequential and related amendments are made.”
Politicians across Ontario began sprinting away from the automatic ticket cameras in September, after Vaughan rolled out 10 speed cameras earlier this year which issued 32,000 tickets in the first three weeks of the program. Residents complained to their elected officials, who voted 7-3 to cancel the program and made it easier for other jurisdictions to follow suit. Doug Ford referred to the cameras as “nothing but a cash grab.”
A recent survey by Truckers for Safer Highways found 66 per cent of its readers agree with Doug Ford.
