- Send a letter to your local MPP regarding the continuation of Brampton’s Automated Speed Enforcement (Speed camera) program. Here is the letter sent by David Laing to the office of Graham McGregor. Feel free to personalize as you see fit. Send to your local MPP with a copy to Premier Ford, Minister of Transportation Sakaria, and city representatives including your local Councillor and Councillor Santos. Be sure to include your postal code.
Good afternoon, Minister McGregor,
As a constituent in your riding I’m writing today to register my concern with the Ontario government’s plan to ban automated speed enforcement (ASE) cameras in the Province.
Vehicle crashes are the number one cause of injury-related death for children in Canada – with speeding causing roughly a quarter of overall road deaths across the country in 2021. When it comes to crash severity, every km/h matters. On average, a person struck by a car travelling at 56 km/h is five times more likely to die than a person hit by a car travelling at 32 km/h.
According to research by SickKids, Ontario’s school zone Speed Safety Cameras have successfully reduced speeding by 45% where they are present. Speed Safety Cameras have proven to reduce crashes and save lives in cities across Canada and the United States. The school zone Speed Safety Camera program has the support of the Police Association of Ontario, the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, the Brampton City Council, and 73% of Ontarians, according to the CAA. Twenty mayors across the province recently called on Premier Ford to change his course. After banning speed cameras in Alberta, the Provincial government there has begun reinstating cameras because of increase crash and death rates.
As you know, Brampton has a major speeding and traffic safety problem which has contributed to this city having one of the highest insurance rates in the country. Brampton has made major investments in the ASE program, installing more than 150 cameras in Community Safety Zones across the city and investing millions of dollars in a ticket processing centre.
The ASE program in Brampton is working. Contrary to popular myth, the issuing of tickets in Brampton is not a cash grab. ASE tickets issued in Brampton average 15.7km/hr over the posted limit. And collected revenue is directed at traffic calming and safety measures.
ASE cameras are effective at slowing traffic, on average by more than 9km/hour across the city; in some places by as much as 20km/hr. ASE cameras are changing driver behaviour as shown by increased compliance rates averaging 38% across the city. On a personal note, I’ve noticed a significant change in driver behaviour along Conservation Drive, a road Dayle and I cross 4 times a day, almost every day during our morning and afternoon walks.
The ASE program in Brampton is still in its early days. Some folks have had a harder time adjusting than others. And some municipalities have done a better job than others in program implementation with driver education and signage. But that is not a valid reason for banning the program in its entirety. As my Provincial representative, I urge you to encourage the Premier and the Minister of Transportation to drop plans for a ban on ASEs and, instead, work with selected municipalities, including Brampton, to improve and standardize the program across the Province.
We all deserve to have safer roads. Thank you for your consideration.
2. Complete the Region of Peel’s 2025 Community Road Safety Survey to help improve the safety of all road users. Survey is open Sept 22 – Oct 24, 2025.
3. Review and provide input on Brampton’s Mobility Plan. The Brampton Mobility Plan (BMP) is a comprehensive, long-range transportation master plan that outlines the development of infrastructure, services, and operational practices to meet the city’s needs through to 2051. It helps explain why we need more bicycles on the road and what infrastructure is needed to encourage more cycling for short-range trips.
Your written comments on the plan can be directed to mobilityplan@brampton.ca until October 24th, 2025.
4. Residents near Charolais Boulevard are once again agitating to have the bike lanes removed in their neighbourhood. As a result, Councillors Keenan and Medeiros have created a survey looking for resident input. Please fill out the survey so that the Councillors will get a more complete picture of who uses these lanes and why it is important that they be kept. It is ironic that bike lanes have been part of the city’s transportation plan for years with the plans being endorsed and supported by Council. It took many more years for them to be built. Yet now residents want them taking out immediately, even though the lanes have been shown to make roads safer and more efficient without causing congestion. Let’s have decisions at City Hall make by facts rather than anecdotal story telling.