Procedure and House Affairs committee  The service has a critical management centre, and it was up and running throughout the past winter. It was up and running for last Saturday. This is a centre that really has diffusion of the tactical leadership of the service in applying an effective response to any threat that

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The delays I believe the honourable member is speaking about would be more towards the police force of jurisdiction and coming up with the operational policing response. That did not fall to the service to provide. I apologize. I think that's where my confusion stems from.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Ms. Blaney, are you talking about the increase in the service's resourcing?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Those discussions are currently.... That assessment still needs to be done, depending on what the precinct's going to look like in the end. With respect to the increased traffic, obviously there's maintenance that continues to take place, so there is a requirement for some vehicu

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Madam Chair.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Good evening, Mr. Chair, honourable senators and members of Parliament. My name is Larry Brookson. I am the acting director for the Parliamentary Protective Service, an organization created by Parliament in 2015 as a result of legislative amendments to the Parliament of Canada

Declaration of Emergency committee  Nor did I.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Yes, so there were ongoing conversations leading up, as things started to come in from information and intelligence to enable us to commence our preparations. There's always open dialogue with the partners.

Declaration of Emergency committee  There is a process to make application for use of the Hill, as Ms. Lacroix stated in her opening remarks. That's governed through both Speakers, through her and Mr. McDonell. My only comment is that the service ensures that there are safe and open demonstrations. There are demons

Declaration of Emergency committee  I'm not aware of any submission of a permit request to protest during that time.

Declaration of Emergency committee  It had moments of concern.

Declaration of Emergency committee  As the acting director, it's my role in leading the organization to ensure that parliamentarians, staffers and members of the public have a safe place to come to work. It's also my job to look at what's happening, particularly on the exterior, and to ensure that a proper posture

Declaration of Emergency committee  No.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Every day I had that concern about the safety of my protection officers.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Every advancement we do in delivering the mandate takes everything into consideration, including the safety of our protection officers and staff.