Month: March 2025

With No Way to Remove Them, Our Only Option Is to Name and Shame

Canada’s justice system isn’t just out of touch – it’s actively hostile to public safety, with each reckless ruling exposing judges driven by a dangerous agenda.

Judges in Canada are appointed, not elected. They have a job for life.

With no viable removal mechanism, our only course of action is to publicly name and shame judges who betray Canada and Canadians.

So here we go…

A Gangland Shooter Walks Free

The latest outrage? Toronto gang member Terrell Burke-Whittaker fired a loaded handgun toward a busy highway during a bar shootout that left two wounded – yet he won’t serve a single day in jail.

That’s right. While law-abiding Canadian gun owners are harassed and disarmed, criminals can fire indiscriminately in public – and walk away with nothing more than a slap on the wrist.

The Ontario Court of Appeal acknowledged that Burke-Whittaker’s conditional sentence was demonstrably unfit but still refused to impose real prison time – allowing this armed thug to continue serving his sentence in the comfort of his home.

Justice William Hourigan dissented, warning that this decision “undermines our credibility.” No kidding!

Hourigan didn’t mince words:

“If an offender can bring a handgun to a funeral, fire it towards the busiest highway in the country, ultimately avoiding incarceration, then it is evident that this court’s warnings about handgun violence have been rendered futile.” Justice William Hourigan dissenting opinion R. v Terrell Burke-Whittaker

Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert F. “Get Out of Jail Free” Goldstein led the charge in letting this gunman off easy. His excuse? The thug had started a vending machine business and signed up for firefighter training. Apparently, that was enough to erase the fact that he brought a loaded gun to a gang gathering and fired toward a highway.

You can’t make this up.

Then Ontario Court of Appeal Judges Lise “Bleeding Heart” Favreau and Jonathan “Hug a Thug” Dawe upheld the disgraceful sentence.

Favreau even admitted that deterrence should have mattered more but still refused to overturn the sentencing decision. Dawe, going even further, actively defended the leniency. If this isn’t judicial corruption in action, what is?

“If these judges and their families had to live in the crime-ridden neighborhoods they neglect, they wouldn’t be so eager to let gang shooters walk free.”

This Isn’t Just One Case – It’s a Pattern of Betrayal

Burke-Whittaker isn’t an isolated case. Canada’s courts have been on a downward spiral for years, routinely siding with criminals over victims, gutting deterrence, and turning sentencing into a complete farce. Consider just these few examples:

• R. v. Gladue (1999) – Established a two-tier justice system with special sentencing considerations for Indigenous offenders.
• R. v. Nur (2015) – The Supreme Court struck down mandatory minimum sentences for gun crimes, enabling lenient rulings.
• R. v. Lavallee (2017) – Citing the offender’s Indigenous background and difficult upbringing, a Manitoba judge imposed no jail time for a severe assault that left a victim permanently injured.
• R. v. Vader (2017) – Travis Vader was convicted of manslaughter rather than murder in the deaths of elderly couple Lyle and Marie McCann. He received a life sentence but with parole eligibility after just 7 years.
• R. v. McClintic (2018) – Terri-Lynne McClintic, convicted in the murder of 8-year-old Tori Stafford, was transferred from prison to an Indigenous healing lodge. Public outrage eventually forced her return to maximum security.
• R. v. Husbands (2019) – Christopher Husbands, who opened fire in Toronto’s Eaton Centre food court killing two and injuring several others, had his murder conviction reduced to manslaughter. He is allowed to apply for parole after 16 years.
• R. v. Bissonnette (2022) – The Supreme Court ruled that even mass murderers deserve a chance at parole after 25 years.
• R. v. Khill (2021) – A homeowner who shot an armed intruder was put through legal hell while real criminals walk free.
• R. v. Sharma (2022) – The Supreme Court further weakened sentencing for serious crimes under the guise of “systemic discrimination.”

Canada’s judges have betrayed their duty to the public. They treat criminals as victims and law-abiding citizens as the real offenders. Their moral compass is so broken they can’t tell justice from absurdity – or right from wrong.

A Gang Funeral, a Highway Shootout, and Judges Who Looked the Other Way

The May 26, 2020, the gangland assassination of Dimarjio Jenkins (rapper name Houdini) went down on a Tuesday afternoon in broad daylight in Toronto’s Blue Jays Way entertainment district. Jenkins was stalked and executed as his gang-affiliated “friends” exchanged fire with the assassins – sending children and bystanders running for their lives.

Toronto Police confirmed it was a gang shootout. A 15-year-old boy and a 27-year-old woman were also shot and injured. Jenkins was DOA at the hospital.

That gangland murder led directly to the “memorial” gathering where Burke-Whittaker armed himself and fired toward Highway 401 – one of Canada’s busiest highways.

The media calls it a “memorial.” Let’s be real – it was a gang summit.

Armed thugs gathered at a bar at 55 Beverly Hills Drive to honour one of their own, knowing full well that another shootout could erupt.

And what did Terrell Burke-Whittaker do? He packed a loaded gun and got ready to kill. The Court of Appeal even admitted he wasn’t acting in self-defense. He was there, locked and loaded, waiting for a fight.

The bar is adjacent to Highway 401, and at 11:22pm a dark vehicle stopped on the highway shoulder and rival gang members unleashed a barrage of shots at persons in the bar parking lot.

When bullets started flying, Burke-Whittaker fired towards rival gang members and Highway 401, one of Canada’s busiest highways, where innocent drivers and bystanders could have been killed. Two people were wounded in the shootout.

Despite all this, Burke-Whittaker avoided a prison sentence because he started a vending machine business and applied to be a firefighter.

Read that again… Despite all this, Burke-Whittaker avoided a prison sentence because he started a vending machine business and applied to be a firefighter.

Are we supposed to believe that having a job magically erases the gravity of his crime?

Meanwhile, law-abiding citizens who dare to protect themselves are relentlessly prosecuted. If you store your legally owned firearm incorrectly, expect jail time. If you defend your home against an armed intruder, expect to be charged. If you refuse to bow down to activist judges and their twisted ideology, expect to be vilified and labeled a menace to society.

Enough is Enough

Canadians deserve judges who prioritize public safety over criminal sob stories. We deserve laws and sentences that actually deter crime instead of encouraging it. And we deserve judges who treat criminals like criminals – not misunderstood souls in need of a hug.

Until we purge our courts of these activist judges, Canada will continue its descent into lawlessness. Gun crime will rise. Criminals will grow bolder. And ordinary Canadians will be left to fend for themselves while our so-called justice system ties their hands.

These judges aren’t just failing us – they’re betraying us. The courts have become sanctuaries for criminals, while law-abiding Canadians are left defenseless.

It’s time for relentless public pressure, naming and shaming these disgraceful judges until there’s no place left for them to hide.

Donald Best – March 13, 2025

Here is the disgusting decision of the Court of Appeal for Ontario…

R. v. Burke-Whittaker, 2025 ONCA 142: 2025onca142