Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you for being with us here today to answer some of our questions.
Something you mentioned earlier to one of my colleagues struck me a little bit.
In the past, before 2020, you were saying that between five and 10 requests for federal assistance were made every year, and since 2020, it's been over 200. The drive for that has been because of social media. The public may be getting loud about requiring federal assistance. Of course, rightfully so, you're hoping that the number goes down and that this movement on social media comes to a slowdown.
What is it that you think is making people feel this level of panic and that the local and provincial levels are not necessarily able to deal with these crises? What is it that's making them feel that the capacity isn't enough? How can Public Safety work with provinces and the local levels to make sure that people don't feel this strain? What's changed exactly in the last couple of years?