Mr. Rob Stewart at the Declaration of Emergency Committee

On June 7th, 2022. See this statement in context.

June 7th, 2022 / 8:25 p.m.

Deputy Minister, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness

I could give you other examples.

In the situation in Ottawa in particular, but also elsewhere, we were having trouble deterring people who wanted to participate in the protests. The powers relating to economic measures were in addition to the powers of the police.

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