Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thanks to our witnesses for being here today. This is an issue of grave concern for my constituents. My neighbour had his car stolen out of his driveway just four days ago, and that I think represents the vast majority of all the cars that are stolen. They're stolen straight out of people's driveways.
When I'm having discussions with my constituents, they're saying, “Is it me or does it seem like cars are easier to steal now than they were before?” I didn't have an answer, so I started to look into it. I started to look at what's going on, not just in Canada but around the world. We see a 59% increase—I don't know if it's news to the Conservatives, who think this is a made-in-Canada problem—in the U.K. year over year in auto theft. The United States has had a 105% increase in car thefts. There's an underlying problem here, regardless of where you are in the world. In developing countries, there are more cars being stolen.
I'll start off my question with you, Mr. Adams. Ford posted $5.1 billion in profits last year. GM posted $19.1 billion in profits last year. Toyota—and I own one, a Toyota RAV4—was at $61 billion. This represents a significant increase in profits year over year. How much of that money is going into ensuring these cars are harder to steal than they were before?