Public Safety committee  Yes, definitely. This is why this is so important. While I've been more highly focused on a few key points here, I want to provide reassurance to everybody on the committee that we understand that everybody has their role to play, including industry stakeholders. Absolutely, they should be considering the gaps and the faults in their security systems and addressing them.

Public Safety committee  Maybe I'll jump in quickly. Then Deputy Johnson can add on. Prevention, absolutely, is crucial and critical to what we do. I see a policing opportunity from a prevention perspective in building awareness. Last year, the GTA services and Peel held the first auto summit for the GTA to discuss the issue.

Public Safety committee  Without getting into the exact.... I could absolutely approximate. We expect that about 60% are being stolen for export and 40% are being revinned and moved around the country or resold under some other nefarious activity. A large percentage is for export.

Public Safety committee  This is why an approach that's not linear is important. We're aware of the fact that some of our youth are being targeted by organized crime groups that would like to take advantage of the vulnerabilities in youth. We're engaging service providers, looking for opportunities to intervene before a youth decides to get involved in carjacking, and pulling the community around and making sure that the investigative projects we are doing are considerate of the fact that we need to engage the right organizations and the right people to support our youth, who are maybe lacking some of that support, which makes them vulnerable to organized crime.

Public Safety committee  We're continuing to work with the GTAA. As I mentioned, we've expanded our commercial auto crime unit, and it's going to be focusing very heavily on Pearson. I'll provide you with some other stats. Last year, over 7,000 vehicles were taken. That's almost one per hour. Not on certain days, 1.5 vehicles are stolen from our region per hour.

Public Safety committee  Definitely. Every tool we get that supplements our current efforts is helpful. The RCMP has been terrific. They're great partners, and I know they're interested in beginning to coordinate our efforts on a national level. In terms of additional funding and resourcing...and this is why I chose it as one of the few things I wanted to focus on.

Public Safety committee  Yes, I believe we need to consider what is available to us in terms of enforcement and the legislation. Generally speaking, you're going to find people that are charged with possession of stolen property over $5,000 or theft over $5,000. These are the most common charges in auto theft, but they don't reflect the risk and the injury that it's causing to our communities.

Public Safety committee  I will maybe just echo that. I do believe that consideration of legislative changes, such as how often a person is able to commit an offence, will make a difference. I think that we need to be considerate about how we apply that, but the reality is that a large percentage of our carjackings are committed by people who have existing violent criminal records.

Public Safety committee  Good afternoon. Thank you, House committee members. Thank you for including Peel Regional Police in your study of the growing crisis of auto thefts in Canada. Our police service has been at the forefront of this issue since its onset. Despite these efforts, we continue to have one of the highest per capita rates of stolen vehicles in the country.