That is a wonderful question. The temperature on the ground with the protesters was high, but every day that went by, the temperature in the community got hot. We had just gone through this difficult pandemic period together, when we had significant closures of our largest employer, and the parts sector as well, that affected tens of thousands of families in the city.
This was seen as something that was unnecessary. It was seen as a bit of an assault on the community because of the importance of the Ambassador Bridge, so there absolutely was the threat. There were Facebook groups set up asking for people who were interested in vigilante-style justice to sign up and express their support for the opposing side, those opposing the protesters. That did ramp up. Windsor police had to reach out to some in the community who were known community leaders to have them ratchet down the temperature that they were trying to raise up on behalf of some of the members in their union.