[1] Owing to his mother's substance abuse, Guindon was raised solely by his father along with another of his girlfriends from the age of 4 onward.
[2] Lorne Edgar Campbell, the Oshawa chapter president of Satan's Choice served as Guindon's babysitter when his father and stepmother were out.
[5] The principal told the media that Guindon had been suspended because: "Being a Roman Catholic school, we don't choose Satan.
[6] Guindon recalled that one of his vivid childhood memories was watching someone with an ax try to behead his father in front of his house and that: "I can remember this as clear as day.
The guy was ready to cut his head off and he [Bernie] slid like a boxer, throwing out a jab and knocked the attacker out cold upon the lawn".
[7] Guindon recalled that because of his father's appearance that he was often cast as an extra playing a thug in various films shot in the Toronto area such as My Date with the President's Daughter, Jungle Movie, Blues Brothers 2000' and Kung Fu: The Legend Continues..[7] Guindon stated it was a highlight of his childhood to visit the film sets where his father was working and to visit the trailer of the actor John Goodman on the set of Blue Brothers 2000 in 1997.
[7] On 28 June 1996, Bernie Guindon retired as the national president of Satan's Choice to spend more time with his son.
[9] At the age of 15, Guindon left home to live with his older half-sister Shannan Dionne and her daughter Rori Hache.
[10] Guindon stated of his teenage years: "After leaving my sister's on good terms, I move right into the worst part of Oshawa, the real south end.
[13] On 2 June 2005, one of Guindon's fellow gang members, Brandon Saville, was murdered on the Erie Street Bridge in Oshawa.
He is a dangerous individual who will no doubt revert to the only lifestyle he has embraced if given the opportunity: that of a violent drug dealer; he revels in violence".
[20] Guindon recalled that he was extremely angry when denied permission to see his son and that: "After this, I went haywire, punched a few guys out and went to the hole for being a threat to the safety and security of the institution"..[20] Guidon was sent back to Millhaven.
[20] At Millhaven, Guindon became a close friend of Juan Ramon Fernadnez, the Spanish gangster who served as the Toronto agent for the Mafiosi Vito Rizzuto and Gregory Woolley, the president of the Rockers, a Hells Angels puppet gang.
[30] No reason was given by the Crown for the decision not to move forward to trial..[30] It later emerged that the dismissal was caused by the Ebdon scandal.
[31] In 2013, the recording of Ebdon in 2011 threatening to frame Cox for assault and cocaine trafficking was uploaded to YouTube and had attracted over a million views by 2015.
[37] In a 2018 interview, Guindon denied that his Hells Angels membership had anything with Hache's murder, telling the journalist Jake Edmiston: "The rules of being a biker is there’s no women, no kids.
[39] Guindon is a successful clothier and has the image of a public spirted businessman generous in helping the less fortunate in society.
[39] In an Instagram post, Guindon praised Mutton for introducing him to "the moguls of politics, media, marketing, franchise owners, billionaire developers, producers and much more.
[39] His re-election bid in 2006 and a campaign for Durham Regional chair in 2018 were derailed following allegations of spousal abuse, which he has denied.
[42] On 7 April 2022, Guindon was photographed with Mutton and the Conservative MPP and cabinet minister David Piccini at an election event, which caused some controversy.