Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you. We know that election interference is not just a Canadian problem, so I'm wondering from what other jurisdictions Elections Canada is learning lessons about protecting the integrity of elections, and what lessons are being learned.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you. I want to thank all of our witnesses here today. It's always important for us to talk about our election process and what we're doing to make sure we're protecting it from foreign threats. One of the biggest hurdles is one that all of us as elected officials, and those in trusted positions such as yours, know, and that is getting people to trust the system.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I appreciate this. These are interesting conversations we're having today. I'm going to come back to you, Mr. Brookson. I have a lot of questions. We've heard proposed here some discussions about potentially increasing public transit along Wellington and finding ways to do that.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Through you, Madam Chair, I think what we're hearing clearly is that this in-between state is really messy. That's just reality. When you're in between one thing and another in life, and you don't know where you're going, things can be problematic. I am going to come back for one more question, Mr.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  My last question is to you, Mr. Bédard. You spoke, in your testimony, about some of the things we'll have to do around redefining the parliamentary precinct. I think that's what you said. Could you just explain what that means a bit more, what the process is and how hard or, hopefully, easy that could be?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you. Through the chair to the deputy chief, one of the things I heard in the testimony very clearly was that the police are stressed and there's a concern, it seems to me, around human resources and not having the people to do the work, because the police have experienced a lot of challenges.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I want to thank the witnesses for all of the testimony we've heard and for spending this hour with us. My first question will be for Mr. Brookson. Living through this, I kept walking through that convoy every day and thinking, “Why are we here?” I don't understand, and I'm wondering what information the PPS received from the OPS prior to January 29.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Okay. I'll leave it at that. As we're having this discussion, I want to make sure citizens are well aware, because we know there are people living in the area where we're talking about expanding the jurisdiction. To clarify and put on the record, if it was turned into federal jurisdiction, which would really allow for a lot more security for this place—you've made that very clear, Mr.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you. Through the chair, Mr. Brookson talked about the accessibility still. We have blockades up. I appreciate that I can get across that street a lot more easily when I'm going to different meetings that I have to attend, but I still see people driving through and I often think that I don't think they should be doing that.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you. I appreciate that. I'll go to the deputy chief on this one. Again, this is something I have noticed. I wouldn't know if a vehicle was authorized or unauthorized. Right now, in this interesting stance that we are in, what are the police doing around monitoring that on Wellington Street?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Just quickly, what I heard is that your concern really focuses around lone actors who could provide violent outcomes, and that is directly linked with extremist groups. I just want to make sure that's clear.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I want to come back to one of the questions from Ms. Romanado around the security of the trucks. That was a significant concern. We have heard testimony that the RCMP did not have the technology required to determine what was in those trucks. I understand you can't tell us everything, but I feel like there's a pretty significant gap there.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you. That's helpful. You've answered my question. We have heard, of course, that there are multiple jurisdictions, specifically around Parliament, and that sometimes figuring out who is in charge of what and when feels like a bit of a challenge. I'm just wondering, from the perspective of your department, if it would be easier to deal with future events on this scale if they ever happen again?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  On the other side of that, are there any concerns from your perspective with expanding the jurisdiction?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you. I've also heard testimony from this department today that threats across Canada are constantly assessed. If you're telling me that the threat level stayed at medium when we were watching people come across the country to disrupt our place of governance, I'm just wondering if there is any other way that you measure this, because it seems to me that this was not addressed as well as it could have been.