Well I'm just more then a little confused? If you look at this site for Canada:
http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-no...doc_31632.html
Now go down to the "Existing Laws" and this is what is says:
"There is currently no offence in the Criminal Code directly prohibiting the alteration, obliteration or removal of a vehicle identification number"
So it seems in Canada, you can "legally" do this. This is what they are looking at changing it too:
"To address this gap in the Criminal Code, the amendment introduced today would make it an offence to wholly or partially, alter, obliterate or remove a vehicle identification number on a motor vehicle without lawful excuse and under circumstances that give rise to a reasonable inference that this was done to conceal the identity of the motor vehicle."
So, as long as your not trying to conceal the identity of the motor vehicle, even the new law is looking like you will still be able to remove a tag and place it on another shell???