What happens when a decorated detective is punished for seeking the truth?

Manitoba Stronger Together welcomes Donald Best, a retired Toronto Police Detective with over 45 years of investigative and law enforcement experience.

Mr. Best is internationally recognized for his work in anti-corruption investigations and undercover operations, and in recent years has become a fierce independent voice exposing corruption within Canada’s police and legal institutions.

Best's stunning 2024 testimony at the National Citizens Inquiry shook the room. With clarity and courage, he laid bare the details of the ongoing case of Detective Helen Grus — the Ottawa Police officer charged with discreditable conduct for initiating an internal investigation into a cluster of unexplained infant deaths and their possible connection to COVID-19 vaccine status.

Rather than receiving support for pursuing legitimate criminal leads, Grus was suspended, wiretapped, ostracized, and professionally sanctioned. According to Mr. Best, this case is “the most important law enforcement case in Canadian history in over 100 years.” Why? Because it reveals the profound pressure on police to ignore vaccine-related harms, and the disturbing decline of autonomy and courage in modern Canadian policing.

Mr. Best will be interviewed live by Ken Drysdale, former Chair of the National Citizens Inquiry, for an eye-opening discussion on:

The current status of the Helen Grus tribunal

The transformation of policing in Canada from public service to political enforcement

Why rank-and-file officers are surrendering their independence

What this means for every Canadian’s right to be protected and heard

“If the people of Canada can’t trust their police, can’t trust their courts, can’t trust their doctors—and now they find out their money isn’t even safe in the bank… what’s the inevitable outcome of that?” — Commissioner Ken Drysdale, NCI Regina 2024