Senator Harder, that's a difficult question.
I think the actions we took in invoking the Emergencies Act and the measures that were introduced were necessary. Frankly, I think the principle of strict necessity is an important one. I believe very clearly that a state of emergency existed and that there was a very real threat to our national security, particularly in critical infrastructure, as a result of the actions of these protests and occupations.
I also believe that providing those new authorities did a number of things. I think it provided the police with the tools and resolution of challenges that they hadn't up until that point been able to overcome, but I also think it sent a very clear message to those who were engaged in that unlawful activity that the game was over and that there were going to be consequences for their continued actions. We saw that. We witnessed that. A lot of them just packed up and left. With respect to those who didn't, the police still had a job to do and they went out and did it. By the way, I will take this opportunity to commend them for the very professional way in which they did it.