Thank you, Senator.
I believe it was Minister Blair who suggested that we have, in essence, a tripartite political table with the City of Ottawa, the federal government and the provincial government. The federal government, of course, supported that—it was their idea. I supported it, but we could not get agreement from the province. I raised the issue myself with Premier Ford, and he did not want to be involved in the tripartite committee.
I can say that once we sent our letter asking for 1,800 resources from the province, the federal government and municipal police services, there was great co-operation in getting Wellington Street cleaned up after three weeks. However, I was disappointed that we did not have the province at that table because we thought that was a good way to share information and better coordinate our efforts to help take back our street.