PM Trudeau calls National Summit as Canada auto thefts spike.
PM Trudeau calls National Summit as
Canada auto thefts spike.
International News Desk
According to global Times news Agency Europe, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is holding a summit next month to coordinate a national response to a massive spike in auto thefts across Canada in recent years, The Global Times Europe. Toronto, Canada’s largest city, has borne the brunt of the crime wave, according to statistics from the Canadian Finance and Leasing Association. The Toronto region saw 9,600 vehicles stolen in 2022, a 300% increase in annual thefts compared to 2015. Carjackings doubled in 2022 compared to 2021, police statistics show. Overall, the year-over-year rate of vehicle theft spiked in 2022 by 50% in the province of Quebec, 48.3% in Ontario, and 34.5% in Atlantic Canada, a government news release said.
