Declaration of Emergency committee  I'm sorry, but just to be clear, the references to people who were former national security, military and police, they were former. They were retired, and they were not part of my police service—

Declaration of Emergency committee  They're retired members, and they're now private citizens.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Again, I'm looking for the question, but I just want to be clear. “Design threat” is not a term I'm familiar with. You've used it twice, and I just want to be clear about that. If you're asking about expressions of sympathy, I can tell you, again, that the ability for an officer to de-escalate a situation by a smile, a selfie or a fist bump....

Declaration of Emergency committee  The threat.... Again, there were literally thousands of threats within the theatre that we were dealing with.

Declaration of Emergency committee  The entire situation that I saw unfolding across this city and across this country was, in my opinion, a national security crisis.

Declaration of Emergency committee  I don't know the definition of it, and I'm not a lawyer, but I'm telling you as a police professional that the entire circumstances that I saw operating across this country was a national security crisis.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Yes, I am, sir.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Every single option was on the table. I think I'm publicly quoted as saying that on a number of occasions.

Declaration of Emergency committee  I'm sorry, sir. I'm trying to answer your question. I did not ask anyone specifically to consider aid to civil power, but in all the discussions that took place in those weeks, that was a question that was part of a live and ongoing discussion. However, I would have no authority as a chief of police in a municipal agency to make that request or to make that determination.

Declaration of Emergency committee  I'm sorry. Those officers did not arrive on February 12. They started to arrive over the course of the time that I was in office. The vast majority of them arrived after I left office.

Declaration of Emergency committee  No. It was a plan that we had been developing from before the arrival of the convoy events in the city all the way through until my last day in office. There was only ever one plan.

Declaration of Emergency committee  I can speak only to the days I was in office, probably less than 48 hours while the federal Emergencies Act was in place. I can reference, as previously—I think it was to Mr. Harder's question—the additional capabilities to swear officers in from out of province to be more quickly deployed into the theatre, and the ability to access resources like tow trucks more consistently and predictably.

Declaration of Emergency committee  I'll try to parse the question out of that, sir.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Thank you. Again, I'll try to restate what I stated earlier. I appreciate your need for clarity. I'll do my best. There were a wide range of reasons I considered a resignation, and there were a wide range of factors putting pressure on that. The singular one that I was focused on was public safety, which includes the safety of my members.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Public safety, yes, which includes the safety of our police service members. Yes, sir.