Declaration of Emergency committee  Yes, we do, as part of our emergency management bylaw, have after action reports, but they've been put on pause because of the public inquiry and because of the work of this committee. Our auditor general, who has also been seized with an independent officer of council, is also conducting a parallel audit of the entire process.

Declaration of Emergency committee  I was advised that it was a non-starter.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Yes. There was a discussion. There was actually a motion crafted at council, but it never proceeded. I did raise the issue with the deputy minister of public safety to say that there were inquiries about using civil aid, and he said it was a non-starter for the federal government.

Declaration of Emergency committee  You're right, sir, it is through the provincial, but the question was posed: Would the federal government support it if the request came through?

Declaration of Emergency committee  Mr. Chair, never.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Mr. Chair, I would agree with that, yes.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Yes, I would agree with that.

Declaration of Emergency committee  I'm sorry, Mr. Chair. I only have 15 seconds. I can't answer the question in 15 seconds, but I would like to answer the question.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Mr. Chair, the answer is that the decision was made, based on the information Ottawa police had, to allow the trucks into downtown as a strategy. It was to basically allow them in for the weekend with the belief that they would leave after the weekend. That was the information we had going into the weekend.

Declaration of Emergency committee  That's correct.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. No. Unlike other emergencies, as the senator well knows, we didn't link into the emergency operations centre of the province. It was very much between the police chief and Police Commissioner Carrique, who were doing the discussions, until the request was made by the police services board to ask the mayor to write the joint letter.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Yes, we had over 18,000 calls. At one point, I thought it was double our normal volume. I don't think it was quite double, but it was significantly higher.

Declaration of Emergency committee  They were mostly the bylaw types of calls regarding nuisances: fires, fireworks, noise, parking issues, and people urinating and using outdoor premises to go to the washroom. We were receiving all kinds of nuisance bylaw types of complaints.

Declaration of Emergency committee  I'd say no because they didn't have control over the entire group of people who were here in Ottawa. That's why we ran into trouble, so we were trying to move out the vehicles. Not everybody was part of their group and listening to them.

Declaration of Emergency committee  The people I met with were reasonable and respectful towards us. We had a respectful conversation.