Declaration of Emergency committee  Yes. I had several conversations with the RCMP and two or three with the Ottawa Police Service. Two were directly with Chief Sloly during the occupation.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Prior to the arrival of the convoy, it was just a matter of coordinating the security measures that we had in place to ensure the safe arrival of the parliamentarians on the first Monday after the arrival... With Chief Sloly, they were conversations on where we might be with re

Declaration of Emergency committee  We had representation at the NCRCC. To be clear, the NCRCC was more for coordination and not the critical incident command. That was a piece that was created, I think, in the third week or two and a half weeks in, and that was with the OPP, the RCMP and the Ottawa Police Service.

Declaration of Emergency committee  No, I was not.

Declaration of Emergency committee  No, I wasn't. That was part of the discussions between the police service partners. The PPS was not involved.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Again, the policing operations were governed and driven out by the policing partners, not the service.

Declaration of Emergency committee  That's right.

Declaration of Emergency committee  It's important that we decouple being involved with the definement of the operation and how the operation was going to roll out. Obviously, when the tactical plan was being put together by the policing partners, they kept us informed as to what those plans were going to be. It wa

Declaration of Emergency committee  That came around February 17 and 18. My concern at that was understanding the route and how the policing operation was going to unfold. I was increasingly concerned about the next day, when Parliament was going to be sitting, the route of our parliamentarians' foot traffic into W

Declaration of Emergency committee  Through you, Mr. Chair, it's important that when that level of a police operation gets put in place, it's really something that then gets governed on its own. What I appreciated the most from our policing partners was the information that they shared with us, which then brought m

Declaration of Emergency committee  Through you, Mr. Chair, we took some increased measures by increasing the height of the fencing and what have you. That was something that I asked for specifically, just in alignment with the policing operation. My concern at the time was that as the police operation pushed westb

Declaration of Emergency committee  Through you, Mr. Chair, our service was not.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Through you, Mr. Chair, yes, Senator.

Declaration of Emergency committee  It was about a week before the arrival. My concern from the onset was filling up Wellington Street.

Declaration of Emergency committee  I was told that the plan was in place and they would leave one lane open.