Declaration of Emergency committee  And none are expected. Is that correct?

Declaration of Emergency committee  Okay, I'll allow Member of Parliament May to take the last question. Oh, she has gone already. Sorry. I'm finished. Thank you very much, Madam Chair.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Actually, I have a question for Deputy Commissioner Duheme, if I may. The Parliament of Canada Act was amended in 2015 to create the Parliamentary Protective Service. The act states clearly that PPS operates under the operational command of th

Declaration of Emergency committee  Thank you, Madam Chair.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Thanks, again, to the witnesses. The Emergency Planning and Responses bylaw of the City of Ottawa was invoked. The province identified that it was an emergency as well amid convoy protests. In fact, there were fines of up to $100,000 for anybody

Declaration of Emergency committee  Please, I'd appreciate that.

Declaration of Emergency committee  You were sitting at joint command at that point, right, deputy? Was there no discussion around these new powers they had as a result of these two new pieces of legislation that were invoked provincially and municipally?

Declaration of Emergency committee  Thanks, deputy. Now that you've been thrown into the breach, I'll stick with you. There have been suggestions that the only way you could get RCMP officers to actually operate quickly and efficiently in the downtown core of Ottawa was the Emergencies Act because you would not

Declaration of Emergency committee  But we do that all the time. We didn't need the Emergencies Act to do that. I think we have sworn in 400 to 700 every Canada Day, and it would last for a year. In fact, I used to joke that, if they moved Canada Day to one day earlier, I wouldn't have to do it twice. They didn't n

Declaration of Emergency committee  Thank you very much. Can you tell me, did you have any discussions with anybody from PMO in relation to the invocation of the Emergencies Act prior to the date of invocation?

Declaration of Emergency committee  It's to you, and then I'll go to the commissioner next.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Commissioner, how about you?

Declaration of Emergency committee  But, again, you did not make the recommendation that the Emergencies Act be invoked.

Declaration of Emergency committee  That was prior to the invocation.

Declaration of Emergency committee  So there were discussions in the days leading up to the invocation about the potential invocation of the Emergencies Act—