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Prabmeet Sarkaria
Ontario Minister of Transportation who defended the province-wide speed camera ban, calling cameras a 'cash grab' despite peer-reviewed evidence from SickKids showing a 45% reduction in school-zone speeding. Oversaw the implementation of Bill 56's camera ban and the announcement of the $210 million replacement road safety fund that municipalities called insufficient.
Connected Scandals
Ford's government legalized speed cameras in 2019, then banned them in 2025 — ignoring peer-reviewed evidence that they cut school-zone speeding by 45% — after his own cabinet ministers' vehicles racked up 23 speed camera tickets and hit stunt-driving speeds.
As Minister of Transportation, Sarkaria was the lead minister defending the province-wide speed camera ban. He dismissed peer-reviewed evidence from SickKids/TMU showing cameras reduced speeding by 45% in school zones, rejected compromise proposals from 22 mayors and the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police, and oversaw the implementation of Bill 56's camera prohibition.
Doug Ford spent $28.9 million in taxpayer money on a private jet — then reversed the decision 48 hours later after a public backlash, announcing the province would sell the aircraft "as quickly as possible." Ford made no reference to his 2019 boast that he was the only premier in history to refuse a government plane, and the financial cost of the reversal — including any cancellation penalties or resale loss — has not been disclosed.
As Ontario's Minister of Transportation, Sarkaria holds the portfolio covering aviation and transportation infrastructure — including the Billy Bishop Airport expansion that would enable jet operations from downtown Toronto. His ministry's mandate directly overlaps with both the jet purchase and the waterfront airport seizure announced months earlier.
Doug Ford's government introduced Bill 110 to seize all of Little Norway Park — a children's playground and waterfront green space beside two schools and a daycare — to expand Billy Bishop Airport into a jet hub, with no plan, no environmental assessment, and no guarantee the park won't become a parking lot.
As Ontario Transportation Minister, Sarkaria introduced Bill 110 on April 23, 2026 — the legislation to expropriate City of Toronto land at Billy Bishop Airport, including all of Little Norway Park, for jet expansion. He stated the seized parkland "would remain a park" despite the bill's PINs listing its entirety, and that the province would narrow the schedule "as it becomes clearer what land is needed" — without publishing an amended schedule.