Solicitor general among Ontario cabinet ministers whose vehicles have been stolen

Even the man responsible for Ontario’s police forces isn’t safe from the province’s auto theft crisis.

Solicitor General Michael Kerzner was one of four cabinet ministers whose government vehicles have been stolen since August 2022, according to internal documents obtained by Global News.

New information accessed using freedom of information laws shows that four ministers’ SUVs were stolen, and only one was recovered — “with damage” — over the past four years.

Sport Minister Neil Lumsden had his vehicle stolen in August 2022, according to the documents, as part of a “non-preventable” situation.

Two years later, Kerzner’s vehicle was snatched in an Etobicoke parking lot in July 2024. The documents suggest a staffer or driver was responsible for the car when it was taken in another “no