Procedure and House Affairs committee  Absolutely. You can't flush out a street in a matter of two minutes. It takes a while to do it safely and securely. On the video you see the oncoming vehicle traffic stop. Then you see vehicle traffic that is flowing with the motorcade ahead of time. That eventually disappears, i

Procedure and House Affairs committee  From a logistics perspective, I would suggest a 10-minute window is problematic, depending on how big the streets are and the perimeter. In that area, they allow themselves about 10 minutes to secure and close down the streets, because they have traffic on Wellington that has to

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, at 10:51 a.m., one of our motorcycle officers did stop a green bus. The purpose of that was to start the process of flushing out the street to ensure the safe arrival of the motorcade. That street the bus was on was flushed to prevent oncoming traffic from facing the m

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, that's it. Good morning, Mr. Chair. Today with me is Inspector Murray Knowles of the Ottawa Police Service emergency operations division for public safety. He oversees major events and our traffic escort unit. Good morning, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. I'm plea