Here are the facts

1. The government will not back down. Period.

1. Most protesters will leave after the weekend, the few remaining will get bored, tired and hungry within the week and leave.

1. At the first sight of anything remotely indicating violence will result in arrests, charges and the entire protest being shut down. Non negotiable.

1. Trudeau will not speak with the small fringe of protesters directly. He's said everything he's needed to say.

1. This will be memory holed and forgotten.

You've lost.