He saw his wonderful garden being overrun with weeds, choking out and destroying the beauty he so admired and loved. Something had to be done. A statement made. Other solutions were not working, had not worked in the past. He had to take matters into his own hands. The great North American City of Toronto was Albert Champion's garden. The vagrants and homeless who cluttered its streets and harassed its residents were the weeds. He was resolved to become The Weed Killer.