Thank you, and thank you for explaining to those who are trying to mislead the public on your role in these matters.
I want to move to something that is critically important to me and, I think, to all parliamentarians, and that's the safety of MPs and our staff, including those working on the Hill. We've recently seen a number of incidents involving protesters. Everyone has a right to protest, but sometimes they cross the line.
I want to speak about your role, keeping in mind that we have different layers. We have the Parliamentary Protective Service. We have the Ottawa Police Service. Then, when we're in our ridings, we have local police. I want to specifically ask about your role. Yesterday I saw one of our parliamentary colleagues being escorted across the street while people screamed at her that the PPS can't save her and that she'd better bring in the RCMP, which I found to be a direct threat of intimidation. I want to have a serious conversation about that. While Mr. Cooper goes to happy hour with some of these folks, I think it's crucially important that all parliamentarians take this matter seriously. Within your mandate, recognizing that there are several police jurisdictions, what are you and your department doing to help ensure that there's safety for our elections and safety for parliamentarians and our staff when there are threats like that? They are not being called out by the Leader of the Opposition and members who are, as I've mentioned, having drinks with those people?