Thank you for your question, Senator, and I don't think it's appropriate for me here tonight to seek to pass judgment on the actions of the appropriate authorities in Ottawa, but what I will say, which is known by us all, is that the authorities had not succeeded, at the time that the Emergencies Act was invoked, in ending the illegal blockade and occupation, and from my perspective as finance minister, that was a serious problem for Canada, for our economy. So certainly, had they succeeded in ending the occupation, then it may have been possible to behave differently, but they didn't.
On June 14th, 2022. See this statement in context.