Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers his opening remarks at an auto theft summit, Thursday, February 8, 2024 in Ottawa.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau suggested today his government is considering tougher penalties for auto theft as the head of the RCMP warned that some thefts are being carried out with "extreme violence."Prime Minister Justin Trudeau suggested Thursday his government is considering tougher penalties for auto theft as the head of the RCMP warned that some thefts are being carried out with "extreme violence.
Trudeau told the gathering of cabinet ministers, law enforcement and border officials and industry players that the rise in thefts of cars and trucks over the past few years "has been alarming." This week Cross Country Checkup wants to know: Have you ever had your car stolen before? What story do you have about car theft? Fill out the details on
"It takes an individual to steal the car but it takes a complete criminal operation to get it out of the country for sales in parts of Africa or the Middle East. When we look at organized criminality, we have to look at those chains and how to disrupt them.""We want to stop the revolving door of people coming back out on our streets and doing it again," he told the meeting. "We want to have them locked up, we want to have them in jail.
The summit and the influx of cash come after a week when the Conservatives hammered the Liberals over the surge in auto thefts and floated policy ideas of their own.Poilievre vows to crack down on auto theft with harsher sentences, tightened bail conditions
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