As we set out in the various documents that we tabled, we felt it was a national emergency under paragraph 3(a) of the act because it seriously endangered Canadians and the safety and security of Canadians, and it exceeded the capacity of other authorities of the provinces, in particular, to take care of it. With respect to paragraph 3(a) of the act, we needed measures. It was a situation of an urgent and critical nature. Again, it was seriously endangering. It exceeded capacity, and it couldn't be dealt with under any other law.
The context of the situation across Canada was such that we gave the police authorities additional powers to deal with the situation, to smooth over differences in jurisdictions and to act to solve this threat. It's always contextual, but it was clear to us that something needed to be done that was beyond the capacity of any one or a number of jurisdictions with the laws that they had, and the proof was in the pudding. It worked.