Declaration of Emergency committee  Right, but this wasn't you sitting at your desk looking at the screen and seeing what was happening on the street. I presume that there was an interaction with the department at the senior level with police and other organizations who were looking at the options as to what measures could the government undertake.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Can you tell us the extent to which the Department of Finance engaged in consultations before the order came into effect with the financial institutions that would ultimately have the enforcement role and with the RCMP?

Declaration of Emergency committee  Was that the deputy minister's prerogative?

Declaration of Emergency committee  I suspect that this will be an area of inquiry with the minister, and hopefully Mr. Sabia will join the minister when she appears. After the invocation of the Emergencies Act, what kind of outreach did your department undertake to the financial institutions both to respond to their questions and to give them guidelines as to how you expected the enforcement to take place, and how were the relationships between the financial institutions and the RCMP developed?

Declaration of Emergency committee  In that outreach after the invocation of the Emergencies Act, did they offer any views with respect to how the financial aspects of the emergency declaration could be better tailored to enforcement action?

Declaration of Emergency committee  Thank you. To Barry MacKillop, it's clear, if I interpret your testimony correctly, that the crowdfunding organizations and payment service providers were not part of your mandate before the events on the Hill, and they were added to your mandate at that time. Was that a gap, in your view, and should that continue?

Declaration of Emergency committee  I just want to support the notion of continuing with the witnesses we've agreed to. It's clear that tonight we had a very substantive three-hour meeting. I'd rather continue with that than debate motions that don't shed much light.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Thank you, Chair. Thank you, Minister. Minister, I preface my question by saying I fully understand and agree with cabinet confidence and client-solicitor privilege, but I want to talk about charter compliance and vehicles that the government uses to assure parliamentarians of compliance.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Thank you. Earlier in your testimony, you enumerated the powers that the Emergencies Act provided. Can you inform us as to from whom the pieces of consultation derived with respect to those enumerated powers? I presume that they weren't just in the Department of Justice or even in the federal government.

Declaration of Emergency committee  In those consultations, did you consult with provincial attorneys general?

Declaration of Emergency committee  As is appropriate.

Declaration of Emergency committee  This is my final question. In your statement, you said, “we monitored...every single day”. I'd like you to describe who the “we” is, because I would presume it's not just ministers of the Government of Canada.

Declaration of Emergency committee  When the invocation was revoked, my understanding is that this was done immediately after the advice was received by the government from that response team. Is that correct?

Declaration of Emergency committee  Two minutes, maybe...?

Declaration of Emergency committee  Thank you.