Declaration of Emergency committee  Absolutely.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Through you, Mr. Chair, I'm not alive to any of the specifics of those incidents, no.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Through you, Mr. Chair, the biggest challenge I had was that I didn't have authority on Wellington Street.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Through you, Mr. Chair, that's how it was conducted within the policing partners, but the service had no role in that.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Through you, Mr. Chair, that's correct.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Through you, Mr. Chair, that's correct.

Declaration of Emergency committee  The protective intelligence unit of the service does a great job, working with our partners, on doing that open-source capture of the messaging, what's going back and forth. That's the information that I'm talking about that elevates my concern as to what's happening within the p

Declaration of Emergency committee  Through you, Mr. Chair, my recollection—I can confirm this for the committee—is that it was prior to the police operation of February 17 and 18. It was the same as the period when the access roads were opened up by the city and additional vehicles were brought up right in front o

Declaration of Emergency committee  Yes.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Through you, Mr. Chair, yes, that's correct, and it's always important, but another concern is the SCB building. Again, the precinct is within the building itself. I know there were measures taken with the City of Ottawa to make it part of the sidewalk as well, but from a securit

Declaration of Emergency committee  Through you, Mr. Chair, the streets would have been blocked. There would have been no vehicles permitted to come up onto Wellington Street.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Through you, Mr. Chair, again, it's not for me to speak on behalf of the Ottawa Police Service. I'll leave that to the Ottawa Police Service to answer those—

Declaration of Emergency committee  Through you, Mr. Chair, no.

Declaration of Emergency committee  I did not receive any direct information to suggest otherwise.

Declaration of Emergency committee  It was security concerns for the individuals. We're not talking about police officers who would conduct that assessment; we're talking about civilians, and it was deemed to be unsafe.