Madam Speaker, I want to start by saying that I agree with that member. What happened in Montreal is absolutely disgusting, and we all need to stand against that. Peaceful, legal protest is completely in order. When it is not legal, then it is not in order.
I must admit, I was a little taken aback. I was working away here, I heard her say something, and I had to stop to get my staff to go back, review the tape and get me the quote. She said, “I am about the rule of law applying equally to all. If I get up and I block a road, I know that they are going to arrest me in a New York minute.”
She was talking about what was going on in Montreal. I do not ever remember her saying that when people were blocking the roads out front for three weeks during the convoy protest. As a matter of fact, according to CTV, and I just looked it up, when she was a leadership candidate, she was out there taking selfies with them.
Can the member explain to this House the hypocrisy or the double standard? The member is all about arresting people when they block the roads, except if they are people that she wants to take selfies with in front of Parliament?