Declaration of Emergency committee  Yes, exactly.

Declaration of Emergency committee  I think that throughout we had enough coordination and enough of a coordinated effort that I felt that I had the information I needed to make decisions and to “brief up” to make those decisions.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Any of the threat risk assessments and reports we work on are a coordinated effort among the three security partners.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Yes.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Yes. I think my recommendation would be to ensure that we have the necessary technology and infrastructure to allow us to close and secure the precinct when necessary.

Declaration of Emergency committee  No.

Declaration of Emergency committee  I did. I directed senators and staff to stay home on two occasions.

Declaration of Emergency committee  It was near the end. That's correct.

Declaration of Emergency committee  No. However, in all of my communications, I recommended to senators and staff to work remotely if they could do so.

Declaration of Emergency committee  With respect to the Senate, Mr. Brookson and I briefed the Speaker, but only with regard to our ability to maintain access to Parliament for parliamentarians. We also provided advice when we sent the instruction not to report to the Senate during police operations.

Declaration of Emergency committee  We actually did not have any breach of the precinct—

Declaration of Emergency committee  No.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Our role was to assess the threats and risks to parliamentary access and the security of parliamentarians and staff. In the Senate, we maintained access for parliamentarians and for staff. When necessary...

Declaration of Emergency committee  No.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Good evening, senators and members of the House of Commons. My name is Julie Lacroix. I'm the director of corporate security for the Senate of Canada. Thank you for inviting me this evening. I'm appearing before your committee as part of your ongoing work to examine the decisio