Canada is turning into a nation of shoplifters, which is less an indictment of the criminal and more a sad reflection on our government.
Shoplifting increased 18 per cent in 2023, with 155,280 reported incidents, according to Statistics Canada. And that increase built on 2022, which saw a 31 per cent rise from the previous year.
Every crime tells a story, but some generalizations can be made about certain categories of offences.
