Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he wants towns and cities using automatic speed cameras to scrap them entirely, threatening he will “help them get rid of them very shortly” if they don’t comply.

Speaking after an event in downtown Toronto on Tuesday morning, Ford said cameras that automatically clock speeding vehicles and send tickets to the address on their licence are nothing more than an attempt to make money.

“It’s just a tax grab, and they should take out those cameras, all of them,” the premier said. “If you want to slow down traffic in school, you put the big, huge signs, big flashing lights, crossing area, people will slow down. This is nothing but a tax grab.”

His comments came after one such camera, beside High Park, was vandalized and chopped down. The camera has been repeat

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