Several parent groups against a looming speed camera ban in Ontario are holding a provincial day of action on Monday as MPPs return to Queen’s Park for the beginning of a new legislative session.

Premier Doug Ford announced earlier this month his Progressive Conservative government will table a bill to ban speed cameras.

The announcement comes after a war for against the technology by the premier, who has called speed cameras a “cash grab” for municipalities and said they weren’t necessary with things like speed bumps, roundabouts and flashing lights on roadways to slow drivers down.

Parent groups in Toronto, Vaughan, Midland, Kitchener-Waterloo and Ottawa are holding demonstration events Monday morning, while another group held a protest in Toronto’s east end on Saturday.

Tom DeVit

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