Shouldn't there be a difference between stealing a chocolate bar worth 75 cents and stealing $50,000 worth of jewelry from a store?

The Canadian Criminal Code does make a distinction between these kinds of theft, depending on the value of the items stolen. The offences are called theft under $5,000 and theft over $5,000.

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April 1997

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