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U.S. ambassador to nato julianne smith. >>> Coming up on "question period", we are going to turn to the issue of auto theft and in particular the degree to which they're skyrocketing in this country. What is the federal government planning to do about it? Public safety minister dominic leblanc is my guest after a short break. What keeps baby's skin healthy? A diaper that doesn't leave skin wet. That's why Pampers Swaddlers absorbs wetness better for up to 100%leakproof protection and 0% skin irritation. Pampers. For healthy baby skin. on Thursday, August 1st. on Thursday, August 1st. We're kicking the country with the Reklaws and special guest Justin Fancy. and special guest Justin Fancy. Check out the lineup and get your tickets Check out the lineup and get your tickets at georgestreetlive.ca Brought to you by Bud Light, Mike's Hard LemonadeLambs Rum, ozfm, ntv Shield Group and Delta Hotels. Must be 19 years orolder. Get the hottest deals ever on Suzuki King Quads at Freshwater Motorplex free winch free five year warranty and 1200 dollars off. That's 2800 dollars in retail incentives. See our details. Best deals and selection on quality restwell matresses and sofa sets r tetford & son harbour grace and carbonear (sigh) Italy... KFC's $5 Sandwich of the Day is back. Only in Canada. Have a great trip... What? Sit down. Not everyone's happy. But you will be. ( ) Even right after the accident I knew that I was determined- to complete my fellowship and work in my field. That took a lot of adjusting but almost a year and a half later- I started seeing patients. There was a lot that was involved in representing me but- Janus, my lawyer with MacGillivray Law, took care of everything. He knew that my goal was just to get better and return to doing what I know how to do. (Song in Italian) ("il geghegè" by Rita Pavone) ( ) Crispy and tangy. The Cuban Crunch, part of new Globally Inspired Subway Series. You really have to see aquaculture to appreciate it. You know, you have to see the positive effects that it has on a local community. You have to see all the people employed by aquaculture. Just even see, you know all the practices that are in place to ensure environmental sustainability. There's a lot more than what you read on the news when it comes to aquaculture. s! I'm Mackenzie, and I'm Holly. And we are your 2024 ozfm Summer Cruiser Team And we can't wait to hang out with you all summer long. From the West Coast to the East Coast, we'll be traveling across the. Island this summer, giving away tons of prizes. You don't want to miss out on. Stay tuned to ozfm to see where we will be next! Brought to you in part by. Thomas Amusements over 15 thrill seeking rides for all ages. Jungle Jims, party boxes to go, making your good times even better! Are you ready? Ready. Ready to play, Big brother? Yes. On your mark. Get set. Go. [ ] >> Vassy: welcome back. With just four weeks left before the house of commons rises for the summer, the feds announce plans to put the brakes on dramatic increases in auto theft. The measures include increased collaboration with international law enforcement agencies and new penalties for auto thefts connected to organized crime. The latest data shows insurance claims for stolen cars have gone through the roof. The insurance bureau of canada just released numbers that show it paid out a record $1.54 billion in claims last year. That's up 20% from 2022. The four-year average between 2018 and 2021 was just $556 million. The problem is most pronounced in ontario where the minister of transport recently said a car is stolen there every 14 minutes. >> Dominic: is the minister of publicminister ofpublic safety. Good to see you. Thanks for taking the time. >> Good morning. >> Vassy: I know as we referenced in the introduction that you did announce this week the full suite of measures in your government's plan to combat auto theft but when you first told the summit back in february on the issue you announced $28 million of of funding to tackle the export of stolen vehicles. How much has actually been sent out the door? >> Most of that money has already been committed. The border services agency is in

the process of procuring a number of scanners. We've funded some local police forces for increased intelligence capacity. We've paid border services officers to work overtime. Some of the ports where we have intelligence information around containers that may contain stolen vehicles, and we're working of course with the rail companies, principally cn and cp, at intermodal yards. I was in brampton last week and there's an intermodal yard in brampton where we think and gel intense indicates a lot of -- intelligence indicates a lot of these stolen vehicles transit. We thought it was important to update people on what we've done just over the last finance of months but we're obviously prepared to do more with our partners to deal with this problem. >> Vassy: can you be more specific about when you say the money is committed that there are people working overtime. I'm going to ask you very specifically about the port of malbecause that's where we've seen the majority of this problem take place and in particular the criticism levied against your government was that there were not enough personnel looking through or trying to determine whether stolen vehicles were in cargo ships or cargo boxes and that there weren't enough of those x-ray machines. Has there since february been any more staff added and x-ray machines? >> The number of staff has absolutely increased. At any one time I was told there can be between 50 and 60 officers in the port of montréal focused on this particular effort. What we said on monday, and I think this is important, is as we get intelligence from local police, provincial police in ontario, or québec or policing partners, we continue to add border services officers to go to the containers where the intelligence indicates there may be stolen vehicles. It is operationally impossible to look into or scan every single container that would leave a port as busy as montréal. No other country does that. So the most effective and efficient way is to get this intelligence information from police partners, the ontario provincialontarioprovincial police are a terrific partner, the toronto city police, the sûreté du québec. So every time we have intelligence information, the border services officers are assigned to the port of montréal to follow up on every single one of those leads. So at one time there may be 120 people in the port because we got a treasure trove of intelligence around certain transport carriers bringing in potentially stolen vehicles. So the numbers go up and down, but there has been a massive increase overall in terms of the border services officers. And in terms of scanners, we're in the process of redeploying many cases these are giant scanners that trucks can drive under quite quickly. I hadn't understood the complexity. I was told you literally need the nuclear safety commission permission to move a scanner from one part of ontario to an intermodal terminal because of the potential t you can imagine radiation involved in some of the pieces in these scanners. So that work is it underway. We're going to do everything we can at every step of the transit process to try and stop these vehicles from being sold. >> Vassy: the spike didn't just happen overnight. If you look at the data from statscan you can see a particularly punctuated increase from 2021 to 2022, initially the increase at that point was 26.6%. Why were you not convinced the situation was urgent until february of this year? >> Vassy, in february we decided to have a national summit and bring automotive manufacturers, the insurance industry, senior police leaders from various parts of the country, to try and see what we could do more collaboratively, but we have very much been, and the border services agency and the rcmp and more importantly local police and provincial police have been working on this spike for a number of years. So it wouldn't be [Speaking simultaneously] >> Vassy: why does it keep increasing? >> Because organize crime is increasingly finding what they think is an easy source of revenue for -- to finance a number of, in some cases, more violent criminal activity. This is a global problem, but we certainly accept our responsibility with the province of ontario, the province of quebec, municipalities to lean in. I'm encouraged, the rcmp commissioner told me last week that major automotive manufacturers are going to meet the rcmp to discuss new technologies that might prevent thieves from not only copying the electronic key but actually sort of hacking into the on board computer in a vehicle and therefore being able to start or steal a vehicle that way. So everybody's leaning in and have been leaning in for some period of time, but we acknowledge that the increase in

this criminal activity is absolutely unacceptable. >> Vassy: respectfully you referred to it as a global problem and certainly organized crime is. When it comes to the rise in auto thefts it has been more pronounced in canada than elsewhere particularly even when you compare it to the united states just south of the border. For some reason organized crime or car thieves or whomever we're referencing here seem to think canada is a much easier target. In 2022 the increase was as I noted about 27% n canada it was only 11%. In the united states. What responsibility does your government bear for not recognizing the urgency of that sooner? >> We recognize the urgency of this for a long time, vassy -- >> Vassy: since february. >> Since february we had a national summit but as I said we were working on this problem with police partners for a long time. You'll understand that it's not the rcmp that are patrolling the streets of cities in ontario and québec. This is a local police, provincial police, and rcmp joint effort. The border services agency has been in joint taskforces for over two years trying to work with local police partners to get this intelligence. Some we recognize that canadians are understandably frustrated. So we're moving on a whole series of fronts to deal with what we acknowledge is a worrisome situation. >> Vassy: to quickly note before I let you go that the rcmp and the cbsa were asking for more resources prior to that summit in february in order to deal with the issues that as you point out were within their jurisdiction. They were asking your government very specifically the first new package of money that you announced was in february. How will canadians be able to judge whether what you have announced is effective? Are you looking to reduce the number of thefts, stabilize them? What is the objective and how can they judge whether your plan is successful? >> Obviously we want to reduce massively the number of vehicles being stolen. We want to reduce the number of violent incidents that canadians are potentially facing as people attempt to steal these vehicles. So we're leaning into with partners in every jurisdiction to do that, and we'll continue -- we'll add more resources if we need to, vassy, to do what we can to really bring the number down. Everybody would like zero vehicles stolen. So we're doing everything we can to bring that number down. So I'm hoping and believe that we'll see a significant reduction quickly and will continue to push to bring that number down and down and down. >> Vassy: I'll leave it on that note. Appreciate your time as always. Thank you so much. >> Have a great weekend, vassy, thank you. >> Vassy: public safety minister dominic leblanc. After a quick break, taking aim. The liberals amp up criticism of conservative leader pierre poilievre arguing he's going to get rid of policies like child care and dental care and women's reproductive rights. The strategy has been effective with previous tory les our name says it all screen printing, embroidery, signage team, promotional and corporate big and small, just go to intheboxnl.com where we create ideas into reality We take care of each other in Newfoundland and Labrador. That's just who we are. Our Health Care Foundation embodies that care, We are the foundation that takes action, so we can all take care of each other. When the insurance company cut us off the stress on my family was unbelievable. Mortgage, groceries, car payment. You start to juggle your bills. When I got MacGillivray Law involved I actually felt like I had someone in my corner for once. It wasn't just me trying to fight this big insurance company by myself. Our lawyer Angeli is amazing. It's like she's part of the family now. She took us under her wing and she walked us through every step. She helped us win our case and got us back on our feet. I can't put it into words how much I respect MacGillivray Law. Best phone call I've ever made. [piece of a falling bbq] - Oh! [Men forcing] [sledgehammer blow] [woodpecker] - Dinner!! - Rona Every morning is a chance to start fresh... With Wendy's new Sausage Bacon Deluxe And our fan favorite crispy seasoned potatoes Get both for just five dollars. Made fresh to order. ( ) academy canada is so much more than a school it is an experience discover every day a dynamic atmosphere filled with people excited about a brighter future change your life academy canada come take your place Mother: My family loves to travel. Whoa... (Exhaling) And I love it when they all come back home. Toffifee combines what everyone loves. Caramel, hazelnut, nougat cream and chocolate. (Laughter) (Song in Italian) ("il geghegè" by Rita Pavone) ( ) Bright and zesty. The Chimichurri Steak & Cheese

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