No, I think the Emergencies Act acted as a catalyst for us to have the ability to move in. On the first day of the counter-activity to clean up Wellington Street, I saw outside City Hall 14 or 15 tow trucks all lined up on Laurier Avenue ready to go.
I thought, when the plan was implemented, that the police did an excellent job. People were literally glued to their television as they saw the police moving and dismantling Coventry, Wellington, Rideau, Sussex and Byward Market....
I commend all of the officers for the work they did, but they could not have done that...because, if we got the people out, we'd still have the trucks there. We had to get rid of the trucks because they were acting almost as a shield or a weapon to those people who wanted to peacefully walk in front of the Parliament Building.