Canadian police seem pretty level-headed here.

“There was not a ding on the bus. He did a great job,” said McKenna said. “It’s comical but at the same time it’s serious. We’re thankful nobody was hurt.”

“We didn’t want to spook him,” he said. “We didn’t want to make this a tragedy.”

What’s the definition of theft in Canada? Here it requires intent to keep the object, which I don’t think is given in case of a spontaneous joy ride where the person returned the bus.