Absolutely. The member mentions the protest in Quebec City. Our whole caucus went to Quebec City, and it was quite an experience for me. I had never been part of a major protest march such as that. I went there a bit nervous because we often get a horrible feeling about huge protests.
There were 60,000 peaceful protestors in Quebec City. One would have thought that a massive armed military would have been needed because of all the hype ahead of time saying the protest would be horrible and awful. The media only showed a few people who carried on some actions. Some human rights activists and social activists from around the world were targeted and told not to show up simply because they might have done something nasty, not because they had done anything nasty, but just might. Should they have been picked up? I do not think so.
If known terrorists were to come into an area and we knew something would happen, I would be shocked to see someone object to their detention. There should be some opportunity to detain them. No one would object to that. However I am talking about the infringement of the democratic rights of innocent people because this body may think they might do something. I wonder if I was on that list because I was in the peaceful protest in Quebec City. Would I be a risk because I protested my disagreement with what the government was doing? Would I be at risk because I did not believe in trade policies that did not ensure that labour rights and human rights were maintained? Bill C-55 scares me because it might do that.