On Wednesday, the Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry’s top lawyer said the commission still doesn’t know if other internal RCMP records related to the mass shooting are missing
that had previously been withheld accused Commissioner Lucki of inserting politics into the police investigation. In them, RCMP officials said the commissioner told her subordinates she promised the Prime Minister’s Office and former public safety minister Bill Blair that the Mounties would release details on the weapons used in the attack to help the Liberals’ pending gun-control legislation. In notes describing a heated call with the commissioner on April 28, 2020, Nova Scotia RCMP Supt.
“We continue to seek assurance that nothing else is being held back as per direction from subpoenas,” senior commission counsel Emily Hill said in a statement. “The commission remains committed to ensuring no stone is unturned in fulfilling our mandate of understanding why and how the mass casualty happened so that we can make recommendations to help keep communities safer in future.”
Ian McLeod, a spokesperson for the Department of Justice, said the federal government has produced about 75,000 documents for the inquiry to date, and said the disclosure process is ongoing. He said holding documents back to review them for legal privilege is normal in any litigation or inquiry. Stephen Ellis, the Conservative MP for the rural Nova Scotia riding where the mass shooting occurred, said there’s no excuse for any records to be withheld this long after they were requested. He said Mr. Lametti must explain that delay before the national security and emergency preparedness committee, which will question Commissioner Lucki later this month.Mr. Ellis said Commissioner Lucki should not be a scapegoat for her political bosses.
“This is retraumatizing for people,” the MP for Cumberland-Colchester said. “People want the truth about what happened. But the sad part is the faith in the Mass Casualty Commission, that trust, has been lost.”
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