Theft of cars in Quebec: a short-term or long-term crisis? Depends

In the media, we have been talking about an epidemic of car thefts in Quebec for several years. Yet, according to the Rumour Detector, the number of car thefts has been on the decline almost constant for a quarter of a century. How do we explain this apparent contradiction? This article is part of the section of the Rumor Detector, click here to access the other texts.