Security expert Mark Macy was showing off his company’s remote building monitor system to a colleague over breakfast in Gatineau on Oct. 22 when news broke that a lone gunman had killed a soldier and attacked the Parliament Buildings. Though the portal is designed for property managers, it could also be used by police, fire and paramedic services to access critical information about a property, as long as they are designated by building managers as trusted third parties.

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