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Three auto theft convictions should mean three years in prison: Poilievre

Feb 5, 2024 | 8:21 AM

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says repeat car thieves should not be allowed to serve their sentence “in their living room watching Netflix.”

Poilievre released a new policy today that insists the current Liberal government goes too easy on people who steal cars.

He says a Conservative government would make sure auto thieves spend at least three years in prison if they are convicted for a third time, and ban house arrest for those convicted of an indictable offence.

Indictable offences are the ones prosecutors consider to be more serious crimes.