Privacy officials working for the Ontario government won’t release details of who was responsible for cabinet minister vehicles caught speeding, arguing that doing so would violate personal privacy and could threaten the “safety or health of an individual.”
Documents previously obtained by Global News show vehicles assigned to Premier Doug Ford’s cabinet ministers were caught by automated speed cameras 23 times over three years, including one instance where the car was driving at 70 km/h in a 40 zone.
Separately, the government’s internal monitoring systems recorded a cabinet minister-assigned vehicle hitting stunt driving speeds 12 times . At one point, that vehicle was recorded going 162 km/h.
The premier’s office suggested the individual driving the vehicle was still employed b