As I stated earlier, we are in constant contact with them. We have obtained answers on some points and the threats did not come from the people you named.
In our society, when someone issues a threat, other groups tend to get involved and they can sometimes be far more radical. For instance, I was asked by a police officer whether I thought the disturbances that occurred last year on the night the Montreal Canadians defeated Boston were caused by hockey fans. Things could have happened as a result of these incidents and the Sûreté told us that type of thing should be avoided.
I said earlier on that we have some experience. It is not as though we have received death threats and that everyone is threatening us. No police officer is going to tell us not to hold an event, because it is too dangerous. Rather police services will be ready to respond with the necessary force. In our case, we did not want them to use the necessary force. This was an event that was already eliciting passionate responses and offending some people. We did not want it to turn in to a free-for-all. In the end, it might have been possible to hold the event on the condition that a large police presence would be guaranteed. But at the end of the day, the event would not have meant anything anymore.
This is not a festive event, or an occasion to welcome a high profile politician. It is meant to be a family friendly event. When an event is geared to families, people do not react in the same way. This past summer, this site hosted the Summit of the Americas and the Francophonie Summit. It was quite an experience, let me tell you. That is not what we want to see, it's not necessary for this event.