Mr. Speaker, it is interesting to hear the member talk about justice and democracy while we know full well that his entire party has been whipped into opposing this motion tonight. If he believes in democracy, why do the Liberals not hold a free vote on the issue and allow the individual members of the Liberal government to decide their fate?
The member talked about the RCMP and what a great job they are doing. Yes, the RCMP do a wonderful job in this country. At the same time, the Liberal government cuts funding to the RCMP, shuts down the base in Regina for a period of time and continually harasses police officers across the country with cutbacks to their services, making their job more and more difficult.
The real problem in what the students did was that they did not fight back. If the students had pepper sprayed the police, they would have been charged before a court of law and their legal fees would have been handled by the courts. They would have been handled by the government of the day. Is he suggesting that in the future if students are going to have peaceful protests, they should resort to violence in order to have their legal fees covered?