He didn't really think all that much, did he?
Perhaps now they will own up to the fact that actions have consequences, and they've just stepped in the doo doo big time.
I think it was doo doo quicksand. Just as attendence has never recovered to pre-1994 levels since the Major League Baseball strike, a lot of these people are never going to return, even if Ottawa repeals the law. (Like they're ever going to do that anyway.) They've been screwed, they're pissed, and they're not going to come back like good little sheeple no matter what.