1) many of the instegators are clearly not students or are certainly not there because they believe in accessible education,

2) the number of instegators vs people protesting is very small

3) as law enforcement officers who are in a position of trust, the police have a duty and are held to a higher standard than average citizens

4) the responsibility for social peace lies with the government – that’s probably their most important task – and they’ve been failing at it miserably.

If you want to blame anyone for lack of tourist dollars coming in, most of the blame lays with Jean Charest. His actions (and inaction) have lead to a marked decrease in respect for the law and law enforcement (the SPVM have been helping there too). Merchants who rely on tourist dollars should be calling their MNA demanding his resignation. I would do it, but my MNA is Amir Khadir, and I think he’s already been demanding Charest’s resignation. I will probably start calling Liberal MNAs this weekend though, because I’m totally fed up with this.