Most of the offences involved in establishing roadblocks are offences that do not involve the commission of an offence in which violence against a person is used, threatened or attempted. They would be such things as unlawful assembly; trespass; breech of a court order; that type of an offence.

If the line were crossed into an offence involving violence such as rioting or attack as we have seen in Yellowknile itself where there have been roadblocks established at the mines here, there have been assault charges arising. Those are offences in which violence is used. But simply the act of establishing a roadblock or manning a roadblock would normally not be a type of offence involving violence used against a person, either threatened or attempted.

My recollection of the discussion in the Standing Committee on Legislation was that this matter was not specifically addressed but perhaps Mr. Dent would care to elaborate, if there was some consideration of that in the preparation of the bill, as it is his bill.