We've always supported immobilizers. As many know, we were involved in supporting immobilizers, at least in all new cars coming off the assembly line OEM. That has made a difference in helping to reduce the rate of auto theft by 9% between 2006 and 2007. Unfortunately, as I mentioned, the recovery rates across Canada have declined from approximately just over 70% recovery down to 64%. If we go out west, for example, Manitoba has utilized immobilizers. We do support the use of immobilizers on a voluntary basis, at least, at the option of the public for after market.
There is no question that they do have an impact, but when it comes to organized crime, how they get the vehicles is actually quite different. What we're seeing is, sure, they'll get the keys, they'll break in, they'll get a vehicle running. But we're also seeing that they're towing the vehicle; they don't need the key. We're also seeing a definite pattern right now where they're creating fraudulent documents to go to a dealership and obtain a new vehicle. They're also doing it on rental vehicles. With these fraudulent documents, they're obtaining possession of these vehicles and then putting them in containers and exporting them.
So immobilizers have played a role in making it harder to steal. Out west, what we're seeing, because the recovery rates are in the mid-eighties--that's a lot of transportation theft, using the vehicles for commission of other crimes. As you move east, we feel you have the greater involvement of organized crime because of the significant reduction in the recovery of stolen vehicles.