Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Deputy Prime Minister. It has to do with the fact that many Canadians are embarrassed, and indeed many Liberals are embarrassed, by the rather cryptic remarks of the Prime Minister with respect to the pepper spraying of demonstrators.
I wonder whether the Deputy Prime Minister would care to defend the Prime Minister's remarks. I wonder if he would also at the same time condemn the fact that peaceful demonstrators were asked to sign pledges that they would not demonstrate against APEC or countries at APEC on pain of being arrested. What is going on—