It certainly wasn't available to us under the current legislative authority governing policing in Ottawa and in Ontario. I think that who's actually in charge is very clearly articulated.
As well, it's not a federal responsibility, if I may respectfully point out. The authority, with respect to providing adequate and effective policing services, is first of all with the local police services board. Ultimately, it's the responsibility of the solicitor general for the Province of Ontario.
I had a number of conversations with the Solicitor General and with other police leaders about the assistance that was being provided in this jurisdiction and in other places. We were talking about, for example, the bridge at Windsor. Actually, I know the commissioner of the OPP, as you do. He's a very experienced and capable police leader. I have a great deal of respect for and confidence in the leadership of all of the police services that were coming to help, but they were facing challenges where their existing legal authorities—municipal, provincial and federal—did not allow them to bring about a peaceful resolution.
Based on that information, we made decisions as to what needed to be done in order to facilitate that peaceful resolution.