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Government of Canada announces federal support for auto theft investigations and stolen vehicle recovery

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024
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Modernizing the Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety Standards to ensure they consider technological advancements to deter and prevent auto theft.

Key Points: 
  • Modernizing the Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety Standards to ensure they consider technological advancements to deter and prevent auto theft.
  • As was highlighted at the recent National Summit on Combatting Auto Theft, collaboration is essential to combatting this crime efficiently.
  • Canada has strong laws in place to address auto theft at various stages of the crime.
  • Some stolen vehicles also remain in Canada enabling other crimes to be committed with the vehicles and are destroyed afterwards.

Government of Canada hosts National Summit on Combatting Auto Theft

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Thursday, February 8, 2024
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Discussions held at the Summit focused on finding solutions to the growing challenge of auto theft in Canada.

Key Points: 
  • Discussions held at the Summit focused on finding solutions to the growing challenge of auto theft in Canada.
  • Transport Canada will modernize the Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety Standards to ensure they consider technological advancements to deter and prevent auto theft.
  • "I want to thank all participants in today's Summit for coming together with one objective in mind – combatting auto theft.
  • Canada has strong laws in place to address auto theft at various stages of the crime.

Government of Canada announces federal investment to combat export of stolen vehicles

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024
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Nationally, the CBSA has increased its efforts, intercepting 463 stolen vehicles in 2018 to more than 1,800 interceptions of stolen vehicles in 2023.

Key Points: 
  • Nationally, the CBSA has increased its efforts, intercepting 463 stolen vehicles in 2018 to more than 1,800 interceptions of stolen vehicles in 2023.
  • Some stolen vehicles also remain in Canada, enabling other crimes to be committed with the vehicles.
  • The Agency's role in the interdiction of stolen vehicles is the last line of defence before stolen vehicles are exported from Canada.
  • Build the CBSA's policy and program capacity required to guide, support and coordinate investments to interdict suspected stolen vehicles in Canada.

Government of Canada announces federal support to prevent crime and combat auto theft in Ontario

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024
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During the announcement, federal and provincial officials spoke to their joint efforts to combat auto theft.

Key Points: 
  • During the announcement, federal and provincial officials spoke to their joint efforts to combat auto theft.
  • To combat this issue, the Government of Canada is convening a National Summit on Combatting Auto Theft on February 8.
  • The Government of Canada is committed to combatting serious and organized crime, reducing gun and gang violence and keeping communities safe.
  • -  The Honourable Michael Kerzner, Solicitor General of Ontario
    "Gun crime and auto theft are urgent and interconnected issues in Ontario.

Government of Canada Announces National Summit on Combatting Auto Theft

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Sunday, January 21, 2024
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The Government is committed to combatting auto theft in Canada, including the shipment of stolen vehicles through our borders.

Key Points: 
  • The Government is committed to combatting auto theft in Canada, including the shipment of stolen vehicles through our borders.
  • By convening partners from across local, provincial and national jurisdictions, this summit will enable us to further coordinate our collective efforts to combat auto theft.
  • To find solutions, we need to act on all fronts and that's why my colleagues and I are gathered, in Quebec, to announce the National Summit on Combatting Auto Theft.
  • Communities across Ontario, including Oakville, have been disproportionately impacted by the surge in auto theft rates, and the upcoming National Summit on Combatting Auto Theft will bring together leaders from key sectors to find solutions.

Ottawa youth arrested on terrorism offences

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Saturday, December 16, 2023
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OTTAWA, ON, Dec. 16, 2023 /CNW/ - On December 15, 2023, the RCMP Federal Policing Integrated National Security Enforcement Team in Ottawa, in cooperation with, and support from, the Ottawa Police Service, Ontario Provincial Police, Canadian Security Intelligence Service and other National Security Partners, arrested and charged a young person for terrorism-related offences under the Criminal Code of Canada in connection with terrorist activity.

Key Points: 
  • OTTAWA, ON, Dec. 16, 2023 /CNW/ - On December 15, 2023, the RCMP Federal Policing Integrated National Security Enforcement Team in Ottawa, in cooperation with, and support from, the Ottawa Police Service, Ontario Provincial Police, Canadian Security Intelligence Service and other National Security Partners, arrested and charged a young person for terrorism-related offences under the Criminal Code of Canada in connection with terrorist activity.
  • The Youth Criminal Justice Act prevents any further release of information regarding this individual.
  • The RCMP would like to recognize the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), Ottawa Police Service, Ontario Provincial Police Provincial Anti-Terrorism Section, the Integrated Terrorism Assessment Centre, and other national security partners for their indispensable collaboration.
  • Since June 2023, the RCMP has arrested five young persons on terrorism-related offences – either terrorism related charges or laying of information for a Terrorism Offence Peace Bond.

OSC launches Investing Academy during Financial Literacy Month

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Tuesday, October 31, 2023
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Investing Academy by GetSmarterAboutMoney.ca has free courses designed to help people take action in ensuring a safe and secure financial future.

Key Points: 
  • Investing Academy by GetSmarterAboutMoney.ca has free courses designed to help people take action in ensuring a safe and secure financial future.
  • "We're pleased to introduce our suite of investor education courses during Financial Literacy Month," said Tyler Fleming, Director of the Investor Office at the OSC.
  • "Investing Academy is an important pilot education initiative that encourages people to gain knowledge and put it into action, on top of many other planned activities and resources for Financial Literacy Month."
  • Managing your money in a changing world is the theme of this year's Financial Literacy Month.

Town of Wasaga Beach Calls for Provincial Task Force on Unsanctioned Car Rallies

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Monday, September 18, 2023
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WASAGA BEACH - This Labour Day long weekend turned out to be one of the most successful last long weekends of summer in years for the Town of Wasaga Beach.

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  • WASAGA BEACH - This Labour Day long weekend turned out to be one of the most successful last long weekends of summer in years for the Town of Wasaga Beach.
  • It also saw the Town of Wasaga Beach successfully activate its new, three-tier, emergency response plan to deal with unsanctioned car rallies.
  • On September 14, the Council of the Town of Wasaga Beach passed a motion to request a provincial task force be assembled to create a municipal response framework to protect communities from unsanctioned car rallies with a mandate to include, but not limited to:
    Investigate legislative enhancements and tools to assist municipalities in responding and enforcing unsanctioned car rallies.
  • The Town of Wasaga Beach has successfully leverage section 128 of the Municipal Act, to develop policies and laws to respond to illegal car rallies.

Police-academic partnerships could help tackle the crime of coercive control

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Monday, September 4, 2023
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In 2020, calls to defund the police echoed a longstanding argument in critical criminology in favour of police abolition.

Key Points: 
  • In 2020, calls to defund the police echoed a longstanding argument in critical criminology in favour of police abolition.
  • Academics who forgo working with police are losing out on opportunities for critical data access and effective knowledge mobilization.
  • Researchers who seek to understand and evaluate policing practice need access to large-scale, timely and highly sensitive data on police operations.

Intimate partner violence

    • Intimate partner violence is one priority area that has seen the benefits of police-academic partnership.
    • Studies showed that arrest reduced subsequent violence, but the impact varied according to an individual’s history of violence and other risk factors.
    • We have been part of such partnerships over the course of our respective careers, from the creation of the first actuarial risk assessment tool for intimate partner violence to the testing of that tool in routine police practice.

Coercive control

    • Recognition of non-physically violent but coercive and controlling forms of abuse has grown rapidly in recent years, especially with the increase in coercive control incidents during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    • Coercive control involves repeated, systematic acts of isolation, intimidation and violation that undermine the partner and trap them in the abusive relationship.
    • Keira’s Law, which passed the Senate on Aug. 17, 2023, is set to mandate coercive control training for judges.

How best to address coercive control?

    • Police-academic partnerships can help answer crucial questions, including how police officers investigate coercive control, what the most effectual training methods are and whether policies are effective and equitable when implemented.
    • The CELIA IPV project for intimate partner violence research is studying how police can recognize and respond to non-physical, coercive and controlling behaviours.

Evidence-based policing

    • We’ll also examine risk-assessment approaches for people engaging in intimate partner violence across diverse gender and sexual identities, extending our partnerships and enhancing the potential for improving evidence-based policing whenever officers respond to a domestic call.
    • Police-academic partnerships are not just about the academic search for knowledge, and not just about the evaluation of policing practice.

Illegal Car Rally Expected This Weekend

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023
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To protect the safety of our residents and their property, the Town is taking proactive steps to try and prevent this illegal car rally from taking place in our community.

Key Points: 
  • To protect the safety of our residents and their property, the Town is taking proactive steps to try and prevent this illegal car rally from taking place in our community.
  • Unsanctioned car rallies are illegal in the Town of Wasaga Beach.
  • The Town has obtained an injunction against a car rally for this long weekend.
  • If you witness any illegal activity please contact the OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or in an emergency dial 911.