If a stolen car is simple to sell, thieves are going to do whatever they must to steal it
that it’s stepping up the fight against car theft across the country. The problem has tripled in the past few years and we’ve got to start somewhere, but the measures won’t do much to crack down on the main problems: Cars are easier to steal by those who know what they’re doing, and they are easier to sell.
Penalties against the sale or possession of illicit devices will be increased, but that will take a while. Similarly, any changes to the Criminal Code will happen, quite correctly, only after months or years of consultation. Even if you have a tracker in your vehicle and know it’s at the port, police need a time-consuming warrant to open the container. The only people who can open a container for inspection without a warrant are border guards with the Canada Border Services Agency, and union president Mark Weber told a parliamentary committee recently that there were only eight border guards working at the Port of Montreal. This is a facility that covers 30 kilometres along the St.
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