# Canada: scary break-in at the house of Liberal leader Justin Trudeau **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 18, 2014, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-scary-break-in-at-the-house-of-liberal-leader-justin-trudeau/695855 "2014-08-18T22:20:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-scary-break-in-at-the-house-of-liberal-leader-justin-trudeau/695855/1 "2014-08-18T22:20:05Z")
Justin Trudeau, the leader of the third party in the Commons, was on the road this weekend, leaving his wife and 3 kids (age 7 and younger) alone at their home in Ottawa. On Sunday morning, his wife found that there’d been a break-in during the night while she and the kids were sleeping. The intruder didn’t take anything. Instead he left a stack of butcher knives on the kitchen counter, along with a note - contents unreleased, but described as “threatening” by the police. Eeek! We expect a lot of our politicians’ families. This makes it scarier. Trudeau has apparently asked the Mounties for a security review. ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-scary-break-in-at-the-house-of-liberal-leader-justin-trudeau/695855/2 "2014-08-18T22:23:40Z")
Oh geez! That would scare the crap outta me! ☹ I hope they catch the guy responsible so that the family can feel safe again. ---
**Author:** ![48Willys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/db5fbb/32.png) [@48Willys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/48Willys)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-scary-break-in-at-the-house-of-liberal-leader-justin-trudeau/695855/3 "2014-08-18T23:47:13Z")
I hope they catch this person. Politicians are not my favorite folks. However, they, & their families, like the rest of us, should be able to go to bed at night without the fear of a home invasion during the night. I doubt that catching the perpetrator will end all of the fear of the family. It would be a good start, but the deed has been done. It will take a long time without any similar incidents for these folks to feel that their security is “back to how it was”. If they ever do feel that secure again. I hope they do. The RCMP needs to catch this intruder and get this JERK (I am being nice here) off of the streets. Then the judicial system needs to keep this JERK in prison, or a mental facility, for at least a decade. I hope that Canada does a better job of this then The United States does. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-scary-break-in-at-the-house-of-liberal-leader-justin-trudeau/695855/4 "2014-08-20T10:30:32Z")
Fear not citizens! [The Mounties always get their man!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzIFFKb_tU0) ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-scary-break-in-at-the-house-of-liberal-leader-justin-trudeau/695855/5 "2014-08-21T13:32:31Z")
> [@48Willys](#): > > The RCMP needs to catch this intruder and get this JERK (I am being nice here) off of the streets. Then the judicial system needs to keep this JERK in prison, or a mental facility, for at least a decade. I hope that Canada does a better job of this then The United States does. I am having trouble understanding this comment, considering the United States has the highest incarceration rates in the world, much higher than Canada’s rates. The US is 716 incarcerations per 100,000. The US holds 25% of the total number of prisoners world-wide. Canada is 117 per 100,000. > **[United States incarceration rate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_incarceration_rate)** > > The United States in 2022 had the fifth highest incarceration rate in the world, at 541 people per 100,000. Between 2019 and 2020, the United States saw a significant drop in the total number of incarcerations. State and federal prison and local jail incarcerations dropped by 14% from 2.1 million in 2019 to 1.8 million in mid-2020. The incarceration total has risen since then. In 2018, the United States had the highest incarceration rate in the world. > While the United States represented about... ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-scary-break-in-at-the-house-of-liberal-leader-justin-trudeau/695855/6 "2014-08-28T17:33:26Z")
Well, they got him. Or rather, he turned himself in, after recognising himself on surveillance video. All a drunken mistake, apparently. The guy, 19 years old, was schlockered and trying to find his buddy’s house to crash. His buddy set him texts, telling him the backdoor would be unlocked and come on in. Schlockered 19 year old stumbles through Rockcliffe, finds an unlocked backdoor, goes into the kitchen, plays with the carving knives, realises he’s in the wrong house, and leaves a drunken note to the homeowner, warning them that they really shouldn’t leave their backdoor unlocked. Then leaves, stumbling off to find his buddy’s house. No charges will be laid. > **[The Toronto Star - Breaking News, Toronto News, Ontario News, Canada News](https://www.thestar.com/?redirect=true)** > > Live news, investigations, politics, sports news and the heartbeat of Toronto, Canada's largest city. ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-scary-break-in-at-the-house-of-liberal-leader-justin-trudeau/695855/7 "2014-08-28T17:36:27Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Well, they got him. > > Or rather, he turned himself in, after recognising himself on surveillance video. > > All a drunken mistake, apparently. > > The guy, 19 years old, was schlockered and trying to find his buddy’s house to crash. His buddy set him texts, telling him the backdoor would be unlocked and come on in. > > Schlockered 19 year old stumbles through Rockcliffe, finds an unlocked backdoor, goes into the kitchen, plays with the carving knives, realises he’s in the wrong house, and leaves a drunken note to the homeowner, warning them that they really shouldn’t leave their backdoor unlocked. > > Then leaves, stumbling off to find his buddy’s house. > > No charges will be laid. > > [Breaking News - Headlines & Top Stories | The Star](http://m.thestar.com/#/article/news/canada/2014/08/27/justin_trudeau_breakin_a_classic_canadian_story_walkom.html) Good lord, I bet the guy thought he was doing a good deed. Way to cock that up. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-scary-break-in-at-the-house-of-liberal-leader-justin-trudeau/695855/8 "2014-08-29T03:33:34Z")
If he really thought anything at all, given his mental state. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-scary-break-in-at-the-house-of-liberal-leader-justin-trudeau/695855/9 "2014-08-30T14:16:45Z")
In Canada even knife wielding would-be assassins turn out to be nice blokes who are just being polite. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-scary-break-in-at-the-house-of-liberal-leader-justin-trudeau/695855/10 "2014-08-30T18:09:20Z")
This is my favorite news story ever. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-scary-break-in-at-the-house-of-liberal-leader-justin-trudeau/695855/11 "2014-08-31T02:31:44Z")
“Remember, kids: in Canada, even when committing a drunken B & E, you should always be polite and think about how the homeowner could take better care of their house and family. It’s those little courteous touches that make all the difference.” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-scary-break-in-at-the-house-of-liberal-leader-justin-trudeau/695855/12 "2014-08-31T17:17:24Z")
What a weird story. Prime Minister Jean Chretien had a somewhat similar experience in 1995: [André Dallaire - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Dallaire) ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-scary-break-in-at-the-house-of-liberal-leader-justin-trudeau/695855/13 "2014-08-31T17:39:10Z")
Jean throttled a protestor who got in his face, Aline bopped an intruder with an Eskimo soapstone sculpture - they looked after themselves. Who needs the Mounties? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-scary-break-in-at-the-house-of-liberal-leader-justin-trudeau/695855/14 "2014-09-01T17:57:13Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > In Canada even knife wielding would-be assassins turn out to be nice blokes who are just being polite. 🙂 Snort! 😃