Ms. Lisa MacLeod (Nepean-Carleton): Occupied land, roadblocks, hostile standoff: Does this sound like a normal day's activity in a small rural Ontario town to you? Unfortunately, these have become the mainstay activities in Caledonia and Six Nations. That's small-town Ontario, might I remind you, where soccer games, community fairs and kids playing hockey should be the rule rather than the exception. Children are living in fear, tensions are rising by the day and the only politicians who have taken a leadership role on the protest from the beginning have been Toby Barrett and John Tory. In fact, every day, citizens feel they need to speak to the opposition because they are getting nowhere with the McGuinty government.

One resident writes to Mr. Barrett, "This should never have happened and could have been avoided had the government done something three months ago when this started."

Another adds, "Too bad we haven't anyone else in government that cares.... Why are regular Caledonians omitted from negotiations and information -- I guess the government can't answer that either."

Never has the McGuinty government taken a direct management role to resolve the dispute at Caledonia, never has the McGuinty government taken the necessary steps to communicate to the residents of Caledonia and Six Nations, and never has the McGuinty government offered to seriously study land claims before chaotic and aggressive confrontations turned into occupied lands, roadblocks and a hostile standoff like we have today in Caledonia. Isn't it about time that soccer games, community fairs and road hockey were once again part of the normal routine in Caledonia?