#municipal-policy

#municipal-policy

For the past 15 years, Shania Steeves has slept on sidewalks and stayed in overcrowded, sometimes unsafe shelters. She has been homeless off and on for nearly half of her life, and she has always preferred living in encampments, where she found community and support among people who are going through the same challenges. Steeves and more than 100 others in Barrie, Ont., may soon lose that support network.

Vaughan has decided to end its automated speed enforcement (ASE) program after a special council meeting on Monday. City council supported a motion from Mayor Steven Del Duca to end the program and instead focus on "traffic-calming measures" and other ways to reduce speed in areas like school zones, according to a City of Vaughan news release. The city will make a request to York Region to suspend its ASE program on regional roads, as per the approved motion.