Declaration of Emergency committee  Actually, no. That's one of the advantages of being this small. All of the policing is handled by the province, and we didn't incur any expenses.

Declaration of Emergency committee  No. There was never any indication that anybody locally was going to counterprotest, other than gripe; but that's typical.

Declaration of Emergency committee  That's right.

Declaration of Emergency committee  I would say, from what I heard, it would, yes, because they were talking about it as they left.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Yes, I believe so.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Mr. Motz, you know the feeling in this part of the world as far as the federal government and the Prime Minister are concerned, so anything that he had to say is always taken to be that everyone feels they're being attacked or that the federal government is stepping on people. Th

Declaration of Emergency committee  I wasn't so concerned about my safety. That comes with the territory, I guess. I was concerned about the safety of the community. That was my main focus.

Declaration of Emergency committee  As I said at the hearing of the POAC, I am a Google lawyer, so that means I go to the Internet. I looked up the definition of “domestic terrorism in Canada”, as the government has set it forth, and when you're blocking and harming infrastructure and commerce, that fits the defini

Declaration of Emergency committee  That's correct.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Yes. It's a discussion I'd had earlier with the lawyer I spoke of with the protest group, on the fact that the longer something like this goes on, the more you attract an element you don't want there. In a sense it surprised me, and in a sense it did not.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Concerned...? I would not like to see it again. I stated at one point that I hoped everybody learned how to deal with it if it were to happen again.

Declaration of Emergency committee  I never had any separate discussions with him, but it is the message that I said from the beginning of the whole protest. I said that you could protest, that you have that right in this country to protest all you want, but don't break the law. That was my message all along.

Declaration of Emergency committee  I did. I spoke with Alex Van Herk. I believe you're familiar with him. He was kind of the local spokesperson for a long time. There was also a gentleman by the name of Jerry, who was sort of a media person internal to the protest. I never learned exactly how he fitted in.

Declaration of Emergency committee  No.

Declaration of Emergency committee  No.