Declaration of Emergency committee  Through you, Mr. Chair, again the only thing I'd be in a position to provide to the committee would be the dates and times for verbal telephone conversations I had.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Through you, Mr. Chair, I can speak only to what my responsibility is for the Parliamentary Protective Service. We're not a policing entity, and therefore the invocation of the Emergencies Act provided no additional authority for me. With respect to what it may have provided to

Declaration of Emergency committee  Through you, Mr. Chair, to the senator, I appreciate the question. I think part of my objective in working with the policing partners is to increase awareness as to what this territory is actually about, how sensitive it is and how important the people who work here are. I thi

Declaration of Emergency committee  Through you, Mr. Chair, I think part of my disappointment is that I thought I had more influence with the policing partners than I actually did. I'll have to go back and talk with them on that. It saddened me throughout. I was before the Liberal caucus, and I have to tell you th

Declaration of Emergency committee  Through you, Mr. Chair, that's absolutely correct, Senator Boniface. There were a couple of moments when I had two public order teams under the authority of the service, and that happened for the first time ever. There was a public order team from the OPP as well as one from the

Declaration of Emergency committee  That's correct.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Through you, Madam Chair, to Mr. Turnbull, it's not impeded. The service is extremely agile and functions in a way to ensure the safety and security of delivering our mandate based on the parameters we currently have in front of us. I can tell you that, outside of the ownership

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Through you, Madam Chair, the position of the service in supporting both administrations has not shifted on how it recognizes the risk and the vulnerability of the current openness of Wellington Street.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Through you, Madam Chair, it's just important to understand the two respective roles and responsibilities of both of those pieces. The service will always have an immediate response within the precinct. I can tell you that there have been leaps and bounds of advancement, particu

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Through you, Madam Chair, I very much appreciate the concern and the question. The service does everything that it can. Currently what we're looking at is a posture review for the service across the board. It's more than just adequate coverage from the elements. Our human asset