Premier John Horgan says he was taken aback and left despondent by anti-pipeline protests that saw hundreds of people block entrances to the legislature. Horgan says he supports free speech and the right to protest, but government employees and politicians trying to get inside the legislature should not have to face a gauntlet of people hurling abuse and blocking their way to work. Protesters supporting hereditary Wet'suwet'en chiefs who oppose a natural gas pipeline across their territory left the legislature Tuesday night after spending several days camped on the front steps.