Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on Thursday accused the commission that investigated the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting of ignoring both the victims of the crime and the details surrounding illegally smuggled firearms used by the shooter. “The commission is really an outrage, the way they ignored the victims of the crime that happened,” Poilievre said…
Poilievre Criticises Mass Casualty Commission for Ignoring Victims and Details Around Firearms
Nova Scotia Mass Shooting Report Criticizes RCMP Failures, Calls for Reforms
The inquiry into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting has released its final report, condemning the RCMP for its failures in responding to the tragedy while calling for an overhaul in how the force operates. “More than two years after the event, RCMP leadership had done very little to systematically evaluate its critical incident response…
RCMP Diverted Attention From Errors Made During Mass Shooting Investigation: Lawsuit
The spouse of the Nova Scotia mass shooter says she was charged with supplying ammunition to the killer because the RCMP wanted to deflect attention from mistakes made during their investigation. In a lawsuit filed Oct. 21 in Nova Scotia Supreme Court, Lisa Banfield accuses the RCMP and the province’s Public Prosecution Service of conspiring…
Feds Exerted No Pressure on RCMP During Nova Scotia Shooting Investigation, Trudeau Says
The federal government never pressured RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki to release details about the investigation into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shootings, says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. “Every step of the way, we recognized and supported the fact that the RCMP and police of jurisdiction are the ones who decide what is released and when,”…
Tories Say Minister, RCMP Commissioner ‘Lied’ About Not Interfering Politically in NS Shooting Probe, Should Resign
Conservatives say cabinet minister Bill Blair and RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki “lied” about not having politically interfered in the RCMP’s investigation into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shootings, adding that they should resign. On Oct. 20, the Mass Casualty Commission made public a recorded phone call from April 28, 2020, during which Lucki says she…
Chair of NS Shooting Inquiry Worries Budget Constraints Could Tether RCMP Watchdog
The chairman of Nova Scotia’s mass shooting inquiry has raised concerns that budget constraints could end up tethering investigations by the watchdog agency that oversees complaints against the RCMP. Michael MacDonald asked today whether it was a “blatant affront” to the independence of the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP that before opening…
Mountie Who Got to Know Killer Before NS Mass Shooting Says They Weren’t Friends
A Mountie who got to know the man who later murdered 22 people in Nova Scotia told a public inquiry Tuesday he did not consider Gabriel Wortman a friend, even though he visited the killer’s rural home 15 or 16 times between 2007 and 2011. Testifying under oath via video link, Const. Greg Wiley told…
Bill Blair Denies Pushing Gun Control Agenda in Talks With RCMP Commissioner on NS Mass Shooting
Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair says he didn’t push the Liberals’ gun-control efforts by pressuring RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki to release sensitive information during the investigations into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting. Blair and Lucki are at the centre of a controversy sparked by a document released earlier this month by the Mass Casualty Commission (MCC),…
NS Mass Shooting Families Alter Class Action Lawsuit to Add Killer’s Spouse
HALIFAX—The families of victims of the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting have added the gunman’s spouse, her brother, and her brother-in-law as defendants to the original class action lawsuit against the killer’s estate. Documents filed with the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia on Feb. 5 add the names of Lisa Banfield, James Blair Banfield, and…
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