Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Marcus Gee
Publication Date: September 13, 2025 - 06:30
Why Doug Ford is wrong about speed cameras
September 13, 2025
Doug Ford is a tough-on-crime guy. He backs our men and women in blue to the hilt. He rants about judges letting crooks off too easily. He believes in enforcing the law.
Except, it seems, the law against destroying public property. When vandals destroyed 16 Toronto speed cameras this week, he didn’t seem especially bothered. While Mayor Olivia Chow denounced the acts of “lawlessness” and police said they were striving to catch the perpetrators, Ontario’s Premier delivered a diatribe against the cameras instead.
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