Ontario Premier Doug Ford is denying a request from more than 20 mayors across the province to tweak instead of scrap the speed camera program.

The mayors say a total ban on automated speed cameras would reverse years of progress on safety in school zones and place more pressure on police.

But Ford says they are nothing more than a cash grab and the fact that they continue to issue tickets shows they are "failing miserably" at slowing drivers down. WATCH | Ford announces plans for speed camera ban:

Ford government says it will ban speed cameras across Ontario September 25 Duration 2:48 Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Thursday morning that his government will soon table legislation to ban the use of speed cameras — a traffic enforcement tool Ford has called an ineffective "tax g

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