“We need more scanning machines for containers leaving our country and going elsewhere with people’s cars in them,” Ford said on Monday. “Let’s beef that up.”
Ontario Premier Doug Ford added his voice to a growing list of people calling for more industrial scanners at the Port of Montreal capable of identifying stolen vehicles. The premier’s comments come days after Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown criticized the port for what he described as pushing back against the federal government’s measures to curb auto theft, which includes purchasing more scanners.in Toronto last week, Brown said the port should be jumping on the opportunity to bring in more scanners and questioned why it would be reluctant to locate more stolen cars.
“That’s an important start,” he said. “ let’s see where they go on these sentencing requirements that I believe should be tough and discourage these criminals from breaking into people’s homes, stealing their cars, and threatening them.”vehicles stolen nationwide in 2022, auto theft has reached a crisis point across the country in recent years, though southern Ontario in particular remains a haven for stolen cars.