Madam Speaker, it seems to me a little rich that the Conservatives are demanding that police go in with injunctions when we are in such a tense situation.
I was on railway blockades. I negotiated with the OPP and the RCMP. I can tell the member that the OPP in Ontario knew very well what happened at Ipperwash, and they remember Mike Harris saying to get those damned “Indians out of the park”.
Dudley George died and a police officer's career was ruined. I spoke to members of the OPP after that, and they said that they will never be dictated by politicians who tell them to go in and enforce an injunction with native people, but that they will sit down and negotiate.
We need to de-escalate this, my friend. The member's call to send in the police to enforce this will create chaos across the country. I am asking him to think of Dudley George.