Declaration of Emergency committee  Thank you very much, Chair. Mr. Sloly, thank you for your ongoing testimony before us. We appreciate the consideration you're giving us. I'm sure it is not always easy for you. I appreciate that, particularly when you talk about your forces and the pressures that they were und

Declaration of Emergency committee  That's what I'm trying to actually get to in my questioning. Could we have gotten to the situation that we eventually enjoyed more quickly had the invocation of the Emergencies Act been sooner? My question to ministers, as you might know from the transcripts, was, “What took you

Declaration of Emergency committee  Did you and your fellow leadership from across the province express that need to the political authorities in the jurisdiction where you worked?

Declaration of Emergency committee  In your 11 points that, hopefully, you will flesh out, do you make comments and recommendations with respect to a more effective and timely coordination at the political level in circumstances like this?

Declaration of Emergency committee  Could you elaborate on that? As an observer, I think one thing we saw was a sense of silos and lack of coordination, at least on a timely basis.

Declaration of Emergency committee  That's in the document you're—

Declaration of Emergency committee  Thank you, Mr. Sloly. I would like to continue on this. Do you think, had you stayed, that the events would have resolved themselves as they did?

Declaration of Emergency committee  I appreciate that, but I still think there is something that we haven't been able to access yet in your decision-making, and that's the relationship you had with the political leadership in this city, and the sense of a lack of confidence, I guess, that you had the authority with

Declaration of Emergency committee  If you didn't have a lack of confidence from your officers and you didn't have a lack of confidence from your political leadership in the municipality, why resign?

Declaration of Emergency committee  Were you concerned at all about the officers we saw on screen and who were quoted as being supportive of the convoy and questioning the actions the police were taking?

Declaration of Emergency committee  Do you believe that training with respect to the sentiments of the protesters needs to be incorporated in police training as well?

Declaration of Emergency committee  Did this make your job more difficult?

Declaration of Emergency committee  Would you have supported the removal of large vehicles from the downtown area and the placement of those vehicles on Wellington?

Declaration of Emergency committee  I think we all would. If I have a few seconds left, I'd like to get back to your twice-repeated description of structural deficits. Could you elaborate, beyond the policing one you've referred to, as to what you mean by those structural deficits that we must address if we are to

Declaration of Emergency committee  Thank you.