Thank you, Clerk; and thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to speak in favour of the amendment that the OPP be added to the study. It's very important for this public safety committee to come to an understanding of how we got to this point where our government made the unprecedented decision to invoke the Emergencies Act. I want to hear from the various police forces involved here, particularly in the province of Ontario, about how we came to that point. To what extent were the OPP and the RCMP and the city police working together, and the CBSA, who are also part of this study, and how could we improve that? What could have been done better?
It's really important for us to come to a better understanding of that issue in particular, but also how we came to this point where the government has decided to call it an emergency and take these unprecedented steps.
Thank you.