Steal a car, lose your driver’s licence under new proposal | CP24 Live at Noon for May. 14, 2024

Repeat car thieves may face lengthy licence bans under proposed changes to Ontario’s Highway Traffic Act.

Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria and Solicitor General Michael Kerzner provided details of new measures aimed at preventing violent auto theft at a news conference on Tuesday morning.

The Ford government wants to attach a 10-year driver’s licence suspension to a first conviction of auto theft that involved violence, use of weapon, force, or where the theft was motivated by financial gain.

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