It suspect that no on reading this is surprised that the Ford government’s own research found that speed cameras (automated speed enforcement) were very effective in reducing speed, directly contradicting the public claims of Doug Ford in his justification of why we was banning speed cameras. According to the Toronto Star on April 21, 2026:
“Evaluations of the effectiveness of (automated speed enforcement) in reducing speed are unanimously positive … and evaluations of public opinion of ASE have often found majority support for ASE programs as well,” according to a report written by the Ministry of Transportation’s research and evaluation office in 2022.
The report was obtained by Safe Parkside, a Toronto community group advocating for safety improvements on Parkside Drive.
“Instead of working to fine-tune his legislation, they just came in with a sledgehammer,” said Faraz Gholizadeh, co-chair of Safe Parkside. “They’re making decisions without any sort of evidence. Well, actually, they have the evidence — they’re just choosing to ignore it.”
Gholizadeh filed the FOI request asking for any speed camera studies and reviews from 2018 to this past January. The ministry’s FOI office granted access to this report and denied access to 11 other documents.