Handguns are pictured near recovered stolen cars during a Toronto Police Service press conference in Toronto, Ontario on Wednesday, March 27, 2024.
Federal ministers on Monday unveiled what they called a 'national action plan' on combatting auto theft, including a range of measures such as bolstering law enforcement and tightening legal penalties around the issue.Handguns are pictured near recovered stolen cars during a Toronto Police Service news conference, on March 27. Federal ministers on Monday unveiled what they called a 'national action plan' on combatting auto theft.
Federal ministers highlighted additional funding for law enforcement agencies, as well as legislative changes that would create new penalties for auto theft connected to organized crime, for involving a young person in auto theft and for possessing devices that make theft easier. Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc noted efforts to increase collaboration with international law enforcement agencies, including Interpol. He said that in six weeks of shared data collaboration between the RCMP and Interpol, 1,000 queries had matched to stolen cars from Canada.Federal Conservatives have seized on the issue of car theft as another point on which to critique the federal government.
"Canadians see the results of Justin Trudeau's policies after nine years every day when they look out onto their driveways," said spokesperson Sebastian Skamski.
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