Canada’s Two-Tier Justice System
Why are Law-Abiding Canadians Punished While Actual Criminals Walk Free
Canada is not simply “off track.”
It is developing a two-tier justice system — one harshly punishing the peaceful, law-abiding citizen, while turning a blind eye to violent criminals and politically inconvenient offenders.
The government’s priorities are not your safety.
Their priorities are control, optics, and narrative management.
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And every new incident — every headline — confirms it.
Part I — The Government’s War on Law-Abiding Canadians
While crime rises across the country, the Trudeau government is laser-focused on one group:
legal gun owners.
Bill C-21 — The Handgun Freeze
Bill C-21 froze the sale, purchase, and transfer of handguns.
Overnight, millions of responsible, vetted Canadians were told:
“You may never buy or sell a handgun again. Your property is now trapped.”
Only existing owners can possess them.
No new generations can enter the sport.
The culture is being choked out intentionally.
The Arbitrary Rifle Bans
First, the AR-15.
Then hundreds of other rifles and shotguns.
Now the Liberals are openly rumbling about banning the SKS and other common hunting rifles relied on by farmers, rural communities, and northern families.
This wasn’t about crime.
It was about disarmament.
The most vetted people in the country — PAL holders — are treated as ticking time bombs, while real criminals laugh at Ottawa’s theatrics.
Part II — When Criminals Do It, Government Looks Away
Here is where Canada’s justice system breaks down entirely.
When ordinary Canadians make a mistake, enforcement is instant.
But when actual criminals put the public in danger, enforcement is slow, hesitant, or nonexistent.
Case 1 — Illegal Shooting on a Public Bridge (Huntsville / Georgian Bay)
Videos circulated widely showing a group of men firing rifles from a snowmobile trail bridge:
- multiple shots into the water
- bridge rails struck
- property damage
- dangerous discharge near trails
The OPP appealed for help.
The videos are clear.
The faces are clear.
The actions are reckless.
And yet — weeks passed with no swift arrests, no press conferences, no national outrage.
The media had no problem plastering the faces of peaceful protesters across the country for honking horns —
but actual gunfire off a public bridge barely got a shrug.
If a licensed hunter or sport shooter fired a single round illegally, he’d lose his PAL, his property, and maybe his freedom.
But this?
Silence — except from the public.
Case 2 — Caught With a Loaded Handgun… and the Charges Vanish
In one recent high-profile case, a man
was found in possession of a loaded handgun — the kind of offence that, for any ordinary Canadian gun owner, would mean:
- years in prison,
- a lifetime firearms ban,
- and their name smeared across the media.
Instead, something very different happened.
Crown prosecutors withdrew all the gun charges after a self-defense narrative was raised. The Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights (CCFR) highlighted the case publicly, pointing out how astonishing it is that someone caught with a loaded illegal handgun can walk away with no firearms conviction at all, while licensed owners are destroyed over paperwork and technicalities. instagram.com+1
Ask yourself:
- Would a licensed PAL holder ever get that kind of mercy?
- Would a farmer, hunter, or sport shooter caught with a loaded restricted firearm get charges dropped like that?
- Or would they be thrown under the bus as an example, to “send a message”?
This is exactly what a two-tier justice system looks like:
- If you are a vetted, law-abiding gun owner: mandatory minimums, seizures, lifetime bans.
- If you’re in a politically sensitive situation with an illegal loaded handgun: the state suddenly discovers “nuance” and “context.”
The government calls C-21 and their bans “common sense gun control.”
What we’re actually seeing is selective gun enforcement — brutal on the peaceful, strangely gentle on the truly dangerous.
Case 3 — Homeowner Defends Against Crossbow Intruder… and HE Gets Charged
A homeowner is confronted by an armed intruder wielding a crossbow.
In his own home.
On his own property.
Defending his own life.
A fight breaks out.
The intruder is injured.
And guess who stands trial?
Not the attacker.
Not the armed criminal.
The homeowner.
Canada’s justice system now treats self-defense as more suspicious than criminal aggression.
Case 4 — Antifa Rampages in Montreal, No Consequences
Businesses smashed.
Downtown vandalized.
Streets blocked.
Police assaulted.
Arrests? Minimal.
Charges? Rare.
Political outrage? None.
But peaceful protesters in Ottawa?
They were beaten, trampled by horses, and financially crippled through account freezes.
Two-tier justice.
Case 5 — Single Mothers Had Bank Accounts Frozen for Donating $20
During the Convoy, the Trudeau government weaponized financial institutions:
- seized bank accounts
- froze insurance
- threatened employment
- blacklisted donors
Meanwhile, officials openly admit they’ve “given up” trying to recover billions in CERB and COVID fraud because it would be too hard.
The state hunts the innocent and ignores the guilty.
Case 6 — Daniel Senecal: Raped and Nearly Murdered a 3-Year-Old Girl
After Serving Only 12 Months for Sexually Assaulting a 12-Year-Old BoyIn March 2024, Daniel Senecal was sentenced to just 18 months in jail for sexually assaulting a sleeping 12-year-old boy and choking him. He walked free after only 12 months thanks to Canada’s automatic statutory release rules.Five months later — August 30–31, 2025 — the registered sex offender broke into a Welland home through a bedroom window and committed a horrific, hours-long sexual assault on a 3-year-old girl. He choked her unconscious to silence her screams and used a screwdriver in the attack. The toddler required emergency reconstructive surgery and will carry lifelong physical and psychological scars.Senecal now faces six charges including aggravated sexual assault on a child under 16, sexual interference, break-and-enter, and assault by choking. He is finally being held without bail — but only after irreversibly destroying another innocent child’s life.Contrast with Tamara Lich and Chris Barber (“mischief” case
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- Tamara Lich (a Métis grandmother) and Chris Barber (a Saskatchewan trucker) organized peaceful protests against vaccine mandates in Ottawa in 2022.
- Their alleged crime: “mischief” and “counselling mischief” for blocking streets with trucks and bouncy castles.
- Crown prosecutors demanded a combined 18+ years in prison — 8–10 years each — more time than many child rapists receive in Canada.
- The trial has dragged on for over two years, cost taxpayers tens of millions, and still has no verdict as of December 2025.
- Justice demands:
→ Peaceful honking and dancing = up to a decade in federal prison
→ Violently raping a toddler months after early release for raping another child = 12 months actually served
One is treated as the most dangerous threat to Canadian society imaginable.
The other was released early to prey again. This is not justice.
This is a system that punishes citizens for speaking while protecting monsters who destroy children.
**Part III — Self-Defense for Canadians? Illegal.
Weapons for Criminals? Accommodated.**
Canadians are prohibited from carrying:
- pepper spray
- bear spray for protection
- any defensive tool whatsoever
A Canadian woman walking to her car at night has fewer rights than the criminals she fears.
Meanwhile, certain groups retain exemptions for ceremonial blades and other items — and the justice system appears terrified of enforcing laws evenly when “optics” might be uncomfortable.
This isn’t equality.
It’s political cowardice disguised as tolerance.
Freedom Doesn’t Disappear Overnight — It Erodes Piece by Piece
Every collapsing nation follows the same pattern:
- criminal justice loses neutrality
- enforcement becomes political
- law-abiding citizens become scapegoats
- criminals sense weakness and flourish
- property rights crumble
- self-defence becomes forbidden
- speech is controlled
- government power fills the vacuum
Canada is deep into this cycle already.
Our rights are not being taken in one dramatic moment.
They’re being eroded slowly, until nothing remains.
And once the foundation collapses, it’s too late to rebuild.
Now Is the Time to Say NO
No to arbitrary gun bans.
No to selective enforcement.
No to political prosecutions.
No to a government that fears its citizens but excuses criminals.
We must speak up now —
before the final blow lands
and our rights to Life, Liberty, and Property collapse with it.
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