Senator Harder, it's a great question.
I know this is sort of an adversarial environment, but I'm going to be very candid. It was an agonizing time for many Canadians, and it was an agonizing time for everyone in government, because we had to balance some serious things against each other.
We did not invoke the Emergencies Act lightly. That's why it took some time. We would very much have preferred a situation where it was not necessary. I think every Canadian would prefer a government that would prefer not to have to invoke the Emergencies Act.