Finance committee Thank you, Chair. I really appreciate the comments that were offered to all the law enforcement who were involved in Ottawa. I'll pass it on.
March 7th, 2022Committee meeting
A/Commr Michel Arcand
Finance committee That's a good question. Over 34 years I have seen several protests, but as for a siege like this, in which people didn't want to leave and they took control of a downtown area in a major city, that was the first time really.
March 7th, 2022Committee meeting
A/Commr Michel Arcand
Finance committee You mean a movement like this in Canada that now is going global? No.
March 7th, 2022Committee meeting
A/Commr Michel Arcand
Finance committee There are some areas in the act that served us. It really served us as law enforcement just for the travel, for example, in the emergency economic measures order. We were limited to what we had in front of us, and when this came to us as law enforcement, it was another tool to be used.
March 7th, 2022Committee meeting
A/Commr Michel Arcand
Finance committee There are regular discussions with the government. We don't necessarily ask them to address the situation, but we could look at ways to address it.
March 7th, 2022Committee meeting
A/Commr Michel Arcand
Finance committee It's hard to pinpoint exactly where we could have improved. One area of improvement, as explained by Superintendent Denis Beaudoin, is to have more precision on how we could freeze accounts and how we were going to be acting if it were for a longer period. There could probably be more guidance for the financial institutions.
March 7th, 2022Committee meeting
A/Commr Michel Arcand
Finance committee Well, each province has their own police act and they could request assistance, but they need to follow the process.
March 7th, 2022Committee meeting
A/Commr Michel Arcand
Finance committee We did provide some assistance.
March 7th, 2022Committee meeting
A/Commr Michel Arcand
Finance committee It's hard for me to comment on the process of how it was applied and how the Ottawa Police Service applied the request and all this, but to come back to the economic measures act, it had a deterrent....
March 7th, 2022Committee meeting
A/Commr Michel Arcand
Finance committee You are right.
March 7th, 2022Committee meeting
A/Commr Michel Arcand
Finance committee Each case is different, but it could take a long time for the investigation to be built and for the proper affidavit to be brought before the court, yes.
March 7th, 2022Committee meeting
A/Commr Michel Arcand
Finance committee You are right.
March 7th, 2022Committee meeting
A/Commr Michel Arcand
Finance committee For the portion involving the banks account, yes, you are right.
March 7th, 2022Committee meeting
A/Commr Michel Arcand
Finance committee It was thereabouts. It was 227 or 257—
March 7th, 2022Committee meeting
A/Commr Michel Arcand
Finance committee Yes, you are right.
March 7th, 2022Committee meeting
A/Commr Michel Arcand