Declaration of Emergency committee  I can't speak about the protesters' statements, so let me focus on the substantive policing question.

Declaration of Emergency committee  As I said before, there were 500 officers on whatever day that happened to be, split over three different shifts. That doesn't mean they were all available at the same time and at the different times you talked about. Let me also say that even in those early morning hours, when

Declaration of Emergency committee  I don't know the legislative framework around what would happen. I just know it's not within the legislative framework of a chief of police.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Thank you very much. Very early in the situation I received direct phone calls from deputy minister Mario Di Tommaso from the Solicitor General's office. Later that same day I actually had a conversation with Solicitor General Jones. As that first week unfolded, there were tri-p

Declaration of Emergency committee  As there should be.

Declaration of Emergency committee  I'm sorry. I nodded my head in the affirmative, but I'm not aware of OPP resources that were stationed here that left to go down to Windsor. I'm not aware of that. I know the OPP had an incredible challenge managing all the resource requests that were coming in, and I want to say

Declaration of Emergency committee  That's absolutely correct.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Yes, I've seen a number somewhere in the range of $30 million to $35 million as a total price tag. I can't tell you where it was on February 15.

Declaration of Emergency committee  They worked hard.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Yes, sir.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Within the weeks of the...?

Declaration of Emergency committee  I can tell you there were some incredibly stressful situations at all levels in the organization, and not just within my organization—across the theatre that this was taking place in—but yes, we had some incredibly contentious and challenging moments at all levels of the organiza

Declaration of Emergency committee  I'm sorry, but just to be clear, the references to people who were former national security, military and police, they were former. They were retired, and they were not part of my police service—

Declaration of Emergency committee  They're retired members, and they're now private citizens.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Again, I'm looking for the question, but I just want to be clear. “Design threat” is not a term I'm familiar with. You've used it twice, and I just want to be clear about that. If you're asking about expressions of sympathy, I can tell you, again, that the ability for an officer