Ontario Premier Doug Ford is set to soon ban speed cameras across the province, but is now musing about "cameras on crime" instead to target stolen cars and home invasion suspects.

Ford has announced his government will introduce legislation next month to prohibit the use of speed cameras across the province.

Various regions that use the cameras, as well as a study by the Hospital for Sick Children and Toronto Metropolitan University, have data showing they reduce speeding but Ford disagrees, calling the cameras a "cash grab" for municipalities.

He says he has no problem with red light cameras because "racing through a red light" causes serious accidents.

Speaking Monday at an unrelated press conference in Hamilton — alongside Mayor Andrea Horwath, who supports the use of speed cameras

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