Protestors staged a sit-in outside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's constituency office on Nov. 9 to push the Prime Minister toward a firmer stance on Israel's bombardment of Gaza.

What started as around twenty protestors in the hallway outside his office became seven by the end of the work day, as police began demanding they leave or face arrest.

Montreal artist Chris Lloyd was one of the seven protestors who stayed until the end.

"I am here to demand that Justin Trudeau ask for a ceasefire," he said. "We've decided that we are going to stay until that happens."

Lloyd spoke to CKUT a few hours before the arrests took place, in the late afternoon.

"It's been very peaceful, but the police, at the request of the building owners, have asked us to clear out," he said. "Some of us have, and some of are choosing to stay."

Most of the protestors did not want to be named out of fears of retaliation or professional repercussions.

One such protestor underscored that Israel's "humanitarian" pauses, which were announced earlier that day, were nowhere near the ceasefire that protestors were demanding.

"A ceasefire implies the end of all bombardment, point blank," they said. "This [violence] is not something that Canadian people will just watch happening."

Protestors who left rather than be arrested joined a solidarity contingent outside the building, located at out-of-the-way 1100 Cremazie E. Lloyd told CKUT that everyone was out of the building by 8:30 p.m.

Justin Trudeau's office did not respond to a request for comment.

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