Declaration of Emergency committee  I know I was doing my job. I can't state what the intent was of the minister's comments, sir.

Declaration of Emergency committee  You said it, sir. I was a deputy chief for a significant tenure during Chief Blair's time, and I was given some of the biggest operational responsibilities during that time.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Again, I am not aware of a statement like that. I can tell you that we exhausted every resource we could possibly put on the field, and we put our people through more than they humanly should have been put through.

Declaration of Emergency committee  It wasn't safe to deploy them in certain areas of the theatre, particularly the red zone. We deployed them in other areas.

Declaration of Emergency committee  No. I'm sorry. Just to be clear, we did not have sufficient tow trucks or predictable resources. We had a small number.

Declaration of Emergency committee  I'm sorry, sir, we did. We did not have resources on scale for the plans we had in place.

Declaration of Emergency committee  I believe it is incorporated, but my recommendations call for new national policing standards, training that supports that, and inspectors general who will make sure it's audited and the data provided to policy-makers and decision-makers going forward.

Declaration of Emergency committee  I want to be clear: I'm not drawing any direct line of causation. There was a massive range of public statements from a massive range of civil society actors from all parts of this country, who pointed fingers of blame and described decreasing levels of trust and confidence. All of that combined to create, I believe, problems for people to believe that there was a plan, to believe that we had a level of integration, to believe that we were ultimately going to be able to successfully resolve events, not just here but in many other jurisdictions.

Declaration of Emergency committee  I can't engage in that conjecture, sir. I'm just glad they ended safely and successfully.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Not at all, sir.

Declaration of Emergency committee  You asked me this question, I believe: Did I have a lack of confidence that my officers would follow orders? The answer is no. Did we have challenges within the organization, as every other organization did, around coordination, communication and morale? Yes, we did, so it's not a universal, unqualified “I trusted every single person in every single circumstance”.

Declaration of Emergency committee  I'm only aware of a handful of those. Every complaint that came to me during my time in office was assigned for full investigation. Where there was evidence, I asked for a full prosecution. I don't know the status of those cases, but I can tell you that in literally every single major protest that I have been involved in, in two police jurisdictions, there are human beings who are sworn as police officers who have a level of compassion towards the cause but still rise above their personal feelings and deliver excellent services, even if they may make expressions.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Yes, I did.

Declaration of Emergency committee  In this event, no, sir, I did not.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Yes, sir.