The Ford government will introduce legislation on Thursday that will eliminate speed cameras in Ontario, CityNews has confirmed.

A press conference is scheduled for 11 a.m. Thursday. Premier Doug Ford will be joined by the Minister of Transportation Prabmeet Sarkaria.

The decision comes after Ford spent weeks slamming the cameras at various news conferences.

“They’ve taken hundreds and hundreds of millions out of taxpayers’ pockets,” Ford said last week of the cameras. “God knows the government gouges people enough on their taxes and every other penny they can get off them. You wanna slow down traffic, stay tuned, next week I’m going to show you.”

It comes after dozens of speed cameras have been damaged on Toronto streets over the last six months, including one on Parkside Drive that h

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