The community, though, also expects the elected officials—municipal, provincial and federal—to act with greater alacrity than three weeks in the face of the situation we had.
In your earlier testimony, you said, “the advice we received was to invoke the Emergencies Act.”
From whom did you receive that advice? I don't need names, but are you saying all levels of government? Are you saying only police but also political jurisdictions that have a responsibility to advise? I'd like you to elaborate on that so that we can be assured in Ottawa at least that you weren't just waiting around for the opportunity.