Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her question.
I completely agree. It is that lack of leadership that I want to criticize, specifically the fact that the federal government kept on saying that this was not its responsibility or within its jurisdiction.
Nevertheless, when there is a crisis in our nation's capital, it is vital that the federal government take action and that the Prime Minister take what is happening seriously and state that, as the leader, he will look for solutions to help and recognize that there still are provincial and territorial jurisdictions. It is always important to recognize that.
In a crisis, a real leader is someone who says they want to help, finds solutions and does everything they can to help people going through difficult times.
That is exactly what I suggest we do here, in Ottawa, and also for Quebec, because there are threats of other protests in a few weeks. We have to provide assistance to municipalities in a proactive manner to help them.