Public Safety committee  I believe in the area of 2015. It was hard to actually get the start date and the end date, but it was in that time period—from my recollection anyway.

Public Safety committee  I think it's part of our submission as well.

Public Safety committee  There's an article that we cited in our larger piece to you, and that's a major problem. Organized crime really is the issue. Again, we can look at incarcerating every teenager or 20-year-old for three years. Are we putting them there to put them in prison, or are we putting them

Public Safety committee  One hundred per cent, yes.

Public Safety committee  I believe it was around 2015. It was the Ontario provincial auto theft team that existed since the early 2000s. Again, at the Ontario level, they were coordinated across the various police departments just to tackle auto theft. We saw it in that time period.

Public Safety committee  Following up on that, Toronto police announced a bust last year in which they arrested hundreds of people. When questioned about whether they were arresting the people on the street or the higher levels of the crime group, I think it was the chief who said they were not getting t

Public Safety committee  I'll jump in on this one. In Ontario, when we had the extremely high rate, we saw the creation of the Ontario provincial auto theft team in the early 2000s. As we saw, by 2012, it had such success that the team was disbanded in 2015. That's the time period, again, when we starte

Public Safety committee  Maybe I can address this one. I spent 22 years in the export market as a dealer. With CBSA, since 2020, we've had what's called the CERS portal, where everyone who exports a product has to declare that good. Since 2005, I believe, the VIN number has been a part of that declarat

Public Safety committee  We actually already have a system in place now, since 2005. Right now we have a 48-hour rule for anything that leaves by a vessel. Going to 72 hours could certainly help, and I think no legitimate trader would argue against that. Part of that process in the U.S. is not that they

Public Safety committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair, esteemed members of the committee and my fellow invited guests. The Canadian Vehicle Exporter's Association would like to thank you for the invitation to appear today on the critical topic of vehicle theft in Canada. I would like to start with a quote: