Public Safety committee  Unfortunately, I don't have any information surrounding those particulars like the enactment of the Ontario emergencies act.

Public Safety committee  Perhaps I'll start. Then I can turn it over to Deputy Duheme. I am aware that significant efforts were made around, for instance, exclusion zones, in that the Emergencies Act allowed police broader and more clarity to enact exclusion zones. You may have seen in the media that th

Public Safety committee  It's difficult for me to respond within the City of Ottawa because, as I've stated before, I wasn't involved in the original operational planning. I'm not overly familiar with what the state of emergency declared by the City of Ottawa allowed the Ottawa police to do. What I can

Public Safety committee  When I look at the national landscape and the protests across the country and the different situations.... As I understand it, one of the reasons for the proclamation of the Emergencies Act was the potential for further unrest and violence. That was the unknown for law enforcemen

Public Safety committee  The unlawful protests and blockades that we saw across the country were something different from anything police have ever dealt with. With my 33 years of law enforcement, I'm very used to dealing with protests. I've been involved in similar types of protests; however, when we lo

Public Safety committee  Good afternoon. I'll start, and I can pass it to Deputy Duheme. From a law enforcement perspective, I work within the legislation and the tools that I have, with public safety being paramount. In my normal job, I am one of the principle interlocutors between—

Public Safety committee  Within the city of Ottawa, I was not involved in some of the operational planning and that sort of thing, but what I can tell you is that the Emergencies Act worked significantly as a deterrent across the country, first of all. You may have also seen that within the city of Ottaw

Public Safety committee  I'm unfamiliar with that document, so I can't make a comment.