VAUGHAN — Ontario will introduce legislation next month to ban the use of speed cameras across the province, Premier Doug Ford announced Thursday, framing it as an affordability measure.

Ford has been bemoaning the cameras in recent weeks as a “cash grab,” suggesting they don’t work to slow traffic and are only used by some municipalities to generate revenue.

“Governments need to be putting more money back into people’s pockets to help make their lives more affordable,” Ford said Thursday at the announcement in Vaughan, Ont.

“But unfortunately, too many governments are doing the opposite. They’re increasing taxes and taking more money out of people’s pockets. Over the last few years, we’ve seen municipalities across the province use municipal speed cameras as nothing more than a cash gr

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