It is impossible to not hear a story from your city, town or neighbourhood about a car theft. You can find doorbell cameras of thieves stealing cars right out of a driveway in the middle of the night. Or you can hear stories of cars being stolen in mall parking lots. Auto thefts are an organized, big business in Ontario.

Pressure is on for definitive action to be taken on auto thefts in Canada. Police have been saying stricter penalties are required to send a message of deterrence to criminals. To make sure that criminals pay the price when they are arrested and to truly break up these organized crime rings.

In Halton, Chief of Police Steve Tanner issued a statement in February stating clearly that the federal government needed to implement tougher penalties for those found guilty of auto thefts. Will that be enough to put an end to this scourge in the 905 and Ontario? To find out, Chief Tanner joins the podcast to talk about this and give us the facts.

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