Mr. Speaker, I am not advocating unlawful action. However, let us be clear about this. This was civil disobedience. Most of the people out there, in front of the House of Commons were engaged in an act of civil disobedience. Using martial law to crush civil disobedience is a terrible idea. I do not think I have to explain why that is the case. It is just obvious, quite frankly.
Before I sit down, I will just say that I got my start in politics with a fascination with civil disobedience. The first thing I ever wrote that was published was an essay about Henry David Thoreau's great essay on civil disobedience. Sometimes one has to say that a somewhat unlawful action that is not violent, and that has no danger of being violent, ought to be tolerated. There should be negotiations with folks, and that is the best way to cause them to move on for the benefit of all. That worked just fine with the border blockades, and it would have worked fine here. The use of violence was very much inappropriate.