Last year, a Toronto police officer speaking at a community event suggested that residents leave their car keys by their front door to avoid violent confrontations with potential home invaders. The implication was that break-and-enters in the area were simply going to happen – home invasions and auto theft occurrences had risen 400 per cent the previous year, according to the Toronto Police Service – so it was best to give the criminals what they wanted: your car.
WARMINGTON: Ontario court gambles with public safety, grants serial drunk driver bail
I don’t care if this scum is a citizen, air drop him over ButtFeckistan.
In Edmonton last month, a judge laid the groundwork to acquit a man who, while sporting clear hallmarks of drug dealing, was caught by police packing a loaded Glock. If you’re ever wondering why crime is on the rise in Canada, you can look straight to decisions like these by our courts.
h/t Mauser
An Ontario court justice has sent a strong message to criminal thugs all across the province who might find themselves in a scenario where they could help a friend evade justice: Go ahead. You won’t necessarily go to jail. In fact, you might be able to keep your gym membership.
In July, 2023, in the Leslieville area of Toronto, Khalila Mohammed helped a man involved in a fatal shooting of a bystander escape the scene and hide out from authorities. Ms. Mohammed, who was 23 years old at the time, worked as a harm-reduction worker at the supervised-consumption site near where the daytime shooting took place. Karolina Huebner-Makurat, a mother of two who lived in the area, was hit and killed by a stray bullet.
In Brevard County, Florida, the local sheriff doesn’t play around.
BREVARD SHERIFF WAYNE IVEY TO POTENTIAL RIOTERS: "If you throw a brick, a firebomb, or point a gun at one of our deputies, we will be notifying your family where to collect your remains at. Because we will kill you, graveyard dead. We're not gonna play." pic.twitter.com/HYuhEBqV4Q
— Florida’s Voice (@FLVoiceNews) June 12, 2025
Justice Renu Mandhane is one of Ontario’s foremost judicial activists, so it should surprise no one that she’ll stoop to using racism as a basis to let Black men off the hook for possessing illegal guns.
That’s what happened at the end of March in the case of Robert Cameron, who had been pulled over and detained for having outstanding drug charges and a suspended license, and whose car, in the process, was discovered to be illegally housing an unlicensed firearm.
Judge tosses seized gun over racial profiling of Black driver, cites ‘systemic’ problem inside Peel police
A Peel Regional Police officer engaged in the racial profiling of a Black motorist in an example of a “systemic” problem within the service, a judge has ruled.
The case, which resulted in the unravelling of a firearms prosecution, adds to a list of similar incidents that demonstrate a “systemic and intractable problem” within the police service, Superior Court Justice Renu Mandhane said in a sharply worded ruling that excluded a rifle discovered in an unlawful search of a Jeep driven by a Black man.
Const. Anand Gandhi stopped the Jeep in Brampton on a Sunday afternoon in October 2023 after an automated licence plate reader on his cruiser detected that the owner of the Jeep was facing drug charges in Toronto and was under a licence suspension for medical and administrative reasons.
This might be one of the most outrageous judicial outcomes in recent memory, and it sets a dangerous precedent. In a case that should’ve been open and shut, we watched common sense get overruled by ideology.
Here’s what happened: a Peel Regional Police officer was on patrol when… pic.twitter.com/TnWXX7SDY7
— Ron Chhinzer (@RealRonChhinzer) June 1, 2025
h/t Mauser
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty recently gained notoriety for not prosecuting a Minnesota government employee for committing a series of felonies for keying Teslas. It was a travesty, one made even more blatant by the fact that her office is prosecuting a woman for causing much less damage, vandalizing one car instead of six Teslas.
Welcome to Canada.
Three recent cases reveal that the Canadian justice system is packed with good ideas.
Of course, these are the sorts of “good ideas” Canadians have been plagued by over the last lawless decade. The last few days have unleashed myriad “good ideas” on the public.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s election promise to use the constitution’s notwithstanding clause to give judges the option of imposing consecutive life sentences on those who commit multiple murders has prompted predictable outrage from Canada’s chattering classes.
Ditto his promise of a “three-strikes-and-you’re-out law,” which would deny criminals convicted of three serious offences bail, probation, parole or house arrest.
On Monday, during a campaign stop in Montreal, Pierre Poilievre had the audacity to suggest that his government would use the notwithstanding clause to overturn a Supreme Court decision that ruled that consecutive parole ineligibility periods for multiple murderers was “cruel and unusual punishment” and violated the murderer’s human dignity. For most reasonable Canadians, this is a no-brainer. Liberal Leader Mark Carney, however, rushed to condemn the move as “dangerous,” while CBC’s Power and Politics host David Cochrane and his panel guest Rob Russo suggested it was a solution for a problem that doesn’t exist. But the problem of light murder sentencing does exist, and not just for mass murderers.
Alex Zoltan of True North reported on April 11, 2025 that an indigenous man found guilty of participating in the biggest fentanyl lab bust in Canadian history will seek a reduced sentence on ‘Gladue’ grounds.
More than 50 shops selling illegal magic mushrooms are operating in major cities in Canada and most of them make unsubstantiated health claims that could cause harm, according to a study by Canadian researchers published last week.
Of the 57 dispensaries found selling psilocybin as of May last year, 55 were located in Ontario or British Columbia, with 35 in the Toronto area and 15 around Vancouver. Hamilton had four and the Ottawa-Gatineau area had six.
So should we all just adopt an illegal side hustle to help pay the bills? No repercussions are evident.
The iron ore pellet rocketed from my slingshot, shattering the window of a K-Car being transported east by rail.
My friends and I split el pronto, fully aware there would be dire consequences if we were nabbed. And in the late 1970s, there would have been hell to pay — court, maybe reform school, and a very, very bad scene at home.
Today, “consequences” is not in the lexicon of aspiring underage criminals.
If any one body can be said to be at the heart of two-tier policing, it is surely the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC). This police watchdog is largely responsible for some of the most divisive policies in recent UK law enforcement. As a recently retired police officer, I am dismayed by the extent to which the watchdog’s activism has undermined public confidence in policing.
