Found this quote, found it interesting. The problems in Hamilton started in 2014, the same year Walter Stadnik was being released from prison and returning to Hamilton. It would be crazy to not consider this influencing what is happening there, or not?

“Crime expert Jerry Langton called Papalia the most important Mafiosi in Ontario of his generation. Langton noted Papalia had a marked distaste for outlaw bikers, and in a sign of his power, Walter Stadnick, the former president of Hells Angels Canada, had trouble establishing the Angels in Ontario while Papalia was alive. Langton stated, "It’s hard for people to understand now just how powerful Johnny Pops was. He was basically the only Canadian Mafia figure who could sit at the table with the top guys in New York. He was part of the French connection; he ruled a big swath of Canada, particularly Southern Ontario, for a very long time. After the Mafia imploded in less than a year, there was no one to oppose the bikers and they came rushing in. One police officer, Shawn Clarkson, of the Niagara Falls Police Department, stated: "There was nobody to stand up to the Hells Angels the way Barillaro or Papalia would have. Papalia, even though he was 73 when he died, he wouldn't have put up with that"