Finance committee Specific to the economic measures order, it was useful.
March 7th, 2022Committee meeting
A/Commr Michel Arcand
Finance committee It brought the RCMP into the portrait. Yes.
March 7th, 2022Committee meeting
A/Commr Michel Arcand
Finance committee It allowed the RCMP to get involved with all of the law enforcement partners. It allowed us to use tools other than those that already existed. The tools allowed the Ottawa police, the Ontario police and the RCMP to be able to address the situation more quickly.
March 7th, 2022Committee meeting
A/Commr Michel Arcand
Finance committee I don't have the specific answer to this, but as soon as the act was there, we looked at it and how we could apply it and other tools.
March 7th, 2022Committee meeting
A/Commr Michel Arcand
Finance committee Yes. You're right.
March 7th, 2022Committee meeting
A/Commr Michel Arcand
Finance committee We were providing advice and support, but the lead was still the police of jurisdiction.
March 7th, 2022Committee meeting
A/Commr Michel Arcand
Finance committee To my knowledge, no.
March 7th, 2022Committee meeting
A/Commr Michel Arcand
Finance committee You question is directed at the role of the RCMP, so with the protests in Ottawa, we weren't the lead agency on this. It was the Ottawa Police Service and the Ontario police service.
March 7th, 2022Committee meeting
A/Commr Michel Arcand
Finance committee For us, it was clear that the Ottawa Police Service had the jurisdiction on what was going on in downtown Ottawa.
March 7th, 2022Committee meeting
A/Commr Michel Arcand
Finance committee Yes, exactly. To add to this, it's also the safety of the citizens of Ottawa. We needed to make sure that everybody was safe and there was no violence to this.
March 7th, 2022Committee meeting
A/Commr Michel Arcand
Finance committee I think the best way would be to communicate with their institution. From there, the institution will probably come back to us, and we'll have a discussion.
March 7th, 2022Committee meeting
A/Commr Michel Arcand
Finance committee To answer your question directly, I don't have the specific numbers. The initial number that was provided to the banks on entities that we know were influencers, which came directly from the Ontario Provincial Police and the Ottawa Police Service, was approximately 14 or 15. As for how many left, I don't have those numbers.
March 7th, 2022Committee meeting
A/Commr Michel Arcand
Finance committee If you mean as a way to have the bank freeze the accounts, then yes.
March 7th, 2022Committee meeting
A/Commr Michel Arcand
Finance committee You make a good point. It's hard to know how long it would have taken, because each case is different. Nevertheless, one thing is certain. We would not have been able to do it as quickly as the Emergencies Act allowed us to.
March 7th, 2022Committee meeting
A/Commr Michel Arcand
Finance committee Yes.
March 7th, 2022Committee meeting
A/Commr Michel Arcand