Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech.
I agree with his point that people have the right to protest, but that the methods are somewhat questionable.
What I hear from him this evening is a heartfelt message asking protesters to go home. I do not think the protesters will all of a sudden agree to go home.
The federal government should have sent a clear message from the beginning that it would not let the protesters settle in. It should have worked with police, the Government of Ontario and the City of Ottawa to come up with a game plan from the beginning. Now, things have gotten bad. They have gone too far. No one knows how to get out of this situation.
What does my colleague suggest? How should his government put an end to all this once and for all?