Public Safety committee  Those police officers were there when we were arrested, but not at the detention centre. They told me in the gymnasium, at the time of the arrest, that they were there because they had specific expertise in managing demonstration cases.

Public Safety committee  Perhaps, since it was the Montreal police officers who informed us of our charge of participating in a riot. However, they didn't communicate with us much. So I can't be sure of that.

Public Safety committee  They were there during the arrest, in the gymnasium.

Public Safety committee  No, nothing was really explained to us. We didn't know where we were going or why.

Public Safety committee  Nevertheless, 30,000 people went and demonstrated at that summit. I don't think every person who went to demonstrate intended to overturn the Harper government's policies. I believe we have a right to express our opinions. It's healthy to do that in a democracy; it's healthy for

Public Safety committee  The people from that organization had entered into an agreement with the graduate student association of the University of Toronto so that we could sleep in a gymnasium in order to lower costs.

Public Safety committee  I don't remember that, but they gave out the numbers of lawyers we could reach in case of arrest. That's all. Some people wrote the number of a lawyer to contact in case of need on their arms, which is a constitutional right. So some people were apparently arrested for that reas

Public Safety committee  Pardon me?

Public Safety committee  We specified between us that we should be really careful. Pardon me, I switched to English. We were told that we had to be very careful, that we should commit no act or make any comment that might lead to charges. We really had to be as careful as possible not to get our collea

Public Safety committee  No, I'm doing a bachelor's degree with a double major in political science and law.

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  Yes, it was organized by that group.

Public Safety committee  We are not. I'll explain it to you. There were posters at the university stating that that community group was organizing transportation for anyone who wanted to demonstrate. It was not necessary to be a member of the organization in order to go. I wasn't at all familiar with the

Public Safety committee  No.

Public Safety committee  I'm not aware of that; there were a number of school buses. I couldn't say how many individuals there were in total.