But to be fair, I think we are passing judgment. We've heard.... I think Senator Harder views it as “a failure of policing”, and I think everybody would agree that it was a failure of policing—unless our plan was to be where we were.
So I think we are passing judgment, and the truth is, we had a mayor who was negotiating. I just ask the question because I can tell you that I emailed, texted and called every minister and every member of Parliament on the government side who would take that call or read that email saying that I can't believe the mayor has just negotiated with criminals.
Did it play into the need to do something because obviously others were ensuring something else was at play that should not be occurring...?