About five minutes into the interview, Trudeau stated: "Well, there are a lot of bleeding hearts around who just don't like to see people with helmets and guns.
All I can say is, go on and bleed, but it is more important to keep law and order in the society than to be worried about weak-kneed people who don't like the looks of a soldier's helmet."
[2] Ralfe's persistence was condemned by CBC managers who accused him of being too aggressive during a time of national crisis.
Peter Trueman, executive producer of national television news wrote a message to Ralfe on an open, inter-office teleprinter link.
[3] Ralfe was a reporter for CTV when in 1973 he exploited a flaw in the House of Commons audio system used for simultaneous translation.