For President Zelenskyy's visit, the security level was very high.
We have all the elements in place already. It's just a matter of putting them together and knowing how to deploy them quickly. The human resources aspect is complicated. For a major event, we don't have the local or specialized personnel needed to secure the location, so we have to get help from the RCMP, provincial police forces or other divisions.
Here in Ottawa, we're fortunate to have the RCMP C Division in Montreal, Quebec, and the O Division in Ontario. They're relatively close, and we often work with them when we're organizing major events. A lot of visits happen in the Montreal-Ottawa-Toronto triangle, so we can help each other organize those visits.
It's all coordinated centrally. On the day of a visit, we use the RCMP command centre, a large room a bit like this one where all the staff and all the specialized protective services are located, as well as support staff and cameras. There's a central command structure to ensure the visit goes smoothly.