Hon. Vernon White at the Declaration of Emergency Committee

On June 14th, 2022. See this statement in context.

June 14th, 2022 / 9:25 p.m.

Senator, Ontario, C

Thank you very much.

Thanks, Minister, again.

This thing went on for weeks. I'm not sure that the Canadian public understands how difficult it is for police officers to start wearing through the 12 or 14-hour day, day after day, and why at some point something had to occur. Whether it's the Emergencies Act or something else is a discussion we'll have, but something had to happen to alleviate that. The fact that it was growing would have an impact on policing.

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