Veterans Affairs committee  I will definitely be happy to provide the committee with a copy of the playbook. It's not a security incident playbook that was developed only for the War Memorial, but for all of our properties and buildings. How do we deal with manifestation and people coming...? We follow that

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. I mentioned that since 2017, there have been 17 incidents, from minor—depending on what we see as minor—to more disrespectful incidents at the National War Memorial and on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. One incident is a person dancing on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. That has been reported to the police. There was maybe another incident the next day happening at the site. Following those, five incidents have happened between January 28 and today.

Veterans Affairs committee  For the five incidents that we're talking about that happened from January 28 to today, there were no costs incurred, other than installing the fencing and all of this. That was not an incident, that was a preventive measure. There were no costs related to the incident, to my kno

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you. This is a really good question, Mr. Chair. As I was trying to explain to the committee, Public Services and Procurement Canada is the custodian of the National War Memorial, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and other monuments around the national capital region, but w

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you for your question. Public Services and Procurement Canada is the custodian of the National Aboriginal Veterans Monument, the National War Memorial and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The 17 incidents refer to this group of monuments in Ottawa, which are under video su

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you for your question. This is a very good question, which is extremely difficult to answer. [Technical difficulties] we have never experienced this type of protest. There were other protests around the monument in the past, but on this scale, I think it's the first [tech

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm also talking about the three sites [technical difficulties] February 4 [technical difficulties]. We installed a fence around the First World War Memorial Site and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. These are eight foot high barriers bolted together. At the request of the Nation

Veterans Affairs committee  On February 12, the barriers that were installed and bolted together around the National War Memorial were [technical difficulties]. We were asked to reinstall them by attaching them to the plaza, but [technical difficulties] not to reinstall them, because police officers were wo

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you for your question. People used the monuments as public toilets. Others danced on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. I have just been told that the Ottawa police are asking for the public's help in identifying the person who was filmed dancing on the Tomb of the Unknown

Veterans Affairs committee  Since 2017, in the past five years, we have noticed 17 incidents of desecration or accidents at the site that were reported to the police. Of those 17 incidents since 2017, five happened between January 28 and today. In total, in the last five years, there have been 17 incidents

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you for the really good question. As I mentioned earlier, we're the custodian of the site. Our role is to preserve and maintain the site to ensure that it is there when Canadians want to be there. There are approximately one million Canadians who come to the National War M

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have to say that as the manager/custodian to the site, I'm not responsible for the law enforcement at the site. We monitor the site 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and we report any incident to law enforcement so that they can take action at any of our sit

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Good evening, everyone. I am pleased to appear before this committee for the first time as assistant deputy minister for the real property services branch at Public Services and Procurement Canada, or PSPC, to discuss the important role PSPC play

Government Operations committee  I can try. Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. We are working with the bylaws of the municipality to ensure that we're adopting.... As an example, in Ottawa, you have to wear a mask. There's signage at the front of all of our buildings in Ottawa indicating to people that they have