Premier Doug Ford fired back at accusations that signs provided to municipalities to replace speed cameras are too big to put up, and in Toronto’s case, there aren’t enough of them.

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow said Wednesday the City has only been provided with 20 signs for its 641 school zones. On top of that, the size of the signs means new poles will have to be installed in order to post them. Chow said while the province has indicated it will pay for the installation of the poles, there is no option to ask for more signs at this time.

Speaking at an unrelated event on Thursday, Ford said he “broke out laughing” when he heard the criticism of the new signs.

“Let’s get this straight; all the other municipalities, there’s no problem, but sure enough, it’s Toronto again, and Ottawa, they

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