Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'll speak only to the protective mandate that the Parliamentary Protective Service holds. To be clear, the Parliamentary Protective Service is not a policing organization, so it does not have a policing mandate. The recruiting that the service undertakes is to ensure that all r

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, it would.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Through you, Madam Chair, that call came in just before noon. This was information that was received by our partners with respect to intelligence at the time that was suggesting a serious threat. My position has been clear in delivering this mandate and making—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It would have been the RCMP and Ottawa Police Service. I'm sorry for that lack of clarification. I've always made it clear that my threshold for ensuring the protection and security of parliamentarians, staffers and the public is much lower than what would be found in the crimin

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Through you, Madam Chair, I leave that to the police force of jurisdiction to carry out their mandate of conducting that Criminal Code investigation.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Through you, Madam Chair, no. I don't anticipate any involvement in that, nor would I seek to have involvement in that aspect.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Through you, Madam Chair, unfortunately, I don't have those costs. We definitely brought in additional resources to secure the precinct, but I don't have those numbers with me. My apologies.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Through you, Madam Chair, I'm not going to speculate. I assess things on the information that's put in front of me. I work with exactly what's in front of me. I don't conject or add anything into it. I'll reiterate that I take very seriously my role and responsibility of ensurin

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Through you, Madam Chair, I can't get into the details as to the security and the information we had on hand at that time.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Through you, Madam Chair, I can speak to only my presence within the building. We did receive information, and rightfully so. We had members of Parliament who were trying to walk through crowds of individuals, which I had no situational awareness of. I was equally concerned about

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Through you, Madam Chair, it's my role to have those concerns for members of Parliament. I can tell you how concerned I was throughout that period. I was extremely concerned. It's the responsibility of my role and of the service to take on those concerns and make sure the necessa

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'll respond through you, Madam Chair. It was during the week prior to the convoy's arrival in Ottawa that we began to have discussions with our policing partners, including the Ottawa Police Service and the RCMP. We started a few weeks prior in our preparation, but in the col

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Through you, Madam Chair, the quick response is yes. It's hard to imagine somebody being responsible for a protective mandate when the largest artery that runs through their precinct is outside their control. They're left with the powers of attempting to influence others to make

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Through you, Madam Chair, I think there have been lessons learned by everybody on what we had to go through last winter. I can tell you that I feel much more comfortable as to where the Ottawa Police Service is currently in its preparations for Canada Day. I'm very comfortable as

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Through you, Madam Chair, just quickly, I absolutely appreciate the comments. I'll just say that the relationship between the service and the Ottawa Police Service is extremely strong. The challenge I have is that once a member of Parliament steps off the sidewalk onto Wellington