—record and decisions of female members of the committee. Mr. McKinnon did say some things that were clearly problematic, so I hope she appreciates that I've demonstrated that I'm happy to hold Liberals of all types accountable.
I'll go on to the issue I was discussing before I was interrupted by the point of order from the member who....
For the benefit of Mr. McKinnon and other members, I wonder if the clerk can distribute the amendment, just so we don't have this kind of confusion going forward.
These are the statistics in terms of the rise of auto theft. It's why Canadians are gravely concerned about it and why I think they are legitimately seeking answers from ministers on it.
There has been a 34.1% increase in auto thefts across Canada in the period from 2015 to 2022, which I assume is the latest point for which we have Statistics Canada numbers available. Based on what we're hearing anecdotally, I think members would expect that they may well have gone up substantially further since 2022.
There has been a particularly dramatic spike in certain regions of the country. There has been a 120% increase in auto thefts in New Brunswick, 190% in Moncton, 59% in Quebec, a 105.9% increase overall in Montreal, a 122.5% increase in Ontario and a 122% increase in the Ottawa-Gatineau area. This is staggering.
In the tenure of this NDP-Liberal government, there has been an over-200% increase in auto thefts in the greater Toronto area: 216.94% increases in auto theft. These are dramatic numbers. The government's own news release, in fact, says that in 2022, close to 10,000 vehicles—9,600 vehicles, approximately—were stolen in the Toronto area alone. According to the Canada Finance and Leasing Association, that represents a 300% increase since 2015.
This is why we think it is important to study the issue of auto theft. Notionally, members of other parties said they wanted to study the issue of auto theft, yet they have tried to block at every turn meaningful actions on this issue.
The government trumpeted the fact that they were going to have a summit. They had a meeting at which this was discussed. Mr. Rodriguez says it was a great summit.
I would actually love to hear more from him about what the government has done on this.