I can tell you that many Canadians have lost trust in government, and I can tell you that many Canadians have lost trust in the financial institutions. I can tell you directly that during the invocation of the Emergencies Act, a number of banks in my riding had to close their doors on some days because of the run on the banks. They had to shut their doors and wouldn't let anybody else in because everybody was trying to close their account.
I met with the advanced life underwriters yesterday. A group of them had a reception here, and I talked to a number of them who said that we would be shocked at the tens of millions of dollars that have left the banking system and have gone to them because people no longer trust the banks. The banks are left to wear the actions of the government here, and I find it rather disturbing that this is what's happened.
Were you at all aware or even attuned to the fact that the actions of the Emergencies Act had these unintended consequences?