Kirk and I personally were in shock about what had happened to us. We've never before in our lives participated in any sort of rally, so this is all new to us. I guess our first response was to ask why.... We met with a couple of different MPs, sent out different letters and press releases, and got zero responses, save for Don's, actually. Don was the first one to respond to us and he has helped us with being able to share our story. It has been very minimally received, especially since we're from B.C.
In B.C., no one seems to know about what happened, what transpired. Often I was labelled. There was an article in a local paper in which someone said that “he's probably one of those guys who was throwing stones”. I have a very clean record, I have never done anything wrong in my life, and here I am, persecuted for conspiracy.