Originally Posted by
joojoo
But, there are security and safety concerns I know. I just hope the people making the decisions in this situation were as imaginative as possible.
Well that obviously just didn't happen.
Part of the issue is this happened on a Saturday. Anybody who has taken it upon themselves to be the sole arbiter of what to do in such a situation will invariably work Monday to Friday, 0900-1700 (leave earlier on Fridays). Anything that happens outside these times has to either wait until Monday morning, or not deviate from a handful of restrictive rules. The days of initiative by those on the ground, on shifts, have gone.
I don't know anything about the current Canadian Premier, but the family had some distant contact with his father, who was also Premier a generation ago. He would have had a FIT if the Canadian Government authorities had acted like this.