In a phone call, the commissioner pressed the Nova Scotia RCMP to release details on guns the killer used, in spite of concerns disclosing details would compromise the investigation
A senior Mountie told a public inquiry on Thursday that federal lawyers advised him not to disclose a call he received from the RCMP Commissioner that he says appeared to be motivated by a desire to use the Nova Scotia mass shooting to boost support for Liberal gun-control measures., said he believes political inference was behind RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki’s insistence that police release details on the guns used in the April, 2020, mass shooting that killed 22 people.
The Mountie said he came to that conclusion following a conference call with Commissioner Lucki nine days after the rampage. In that call, the Commissioner pressed the Nova Scotia RCMP to release details on the types of guns the killer used, despite concerns that would compromise the investigation, according to notes from RCMPChief Supt.
“I knew from my notes and e-mails I had prepared and submitted that it was obviously relevant to what would become the infamous phone call April 28 and was troubled by that and wanted their advice and was advised to take a reactive posture.” Lori Ward, a lawyer for the federal Justice Department and the RCMP, told the inquiry on Thursday she believed there had been a “misunderstanding” about the advice to Chief Supt. Leather not to disclose the call from the Commissioner. She said she and another federal lawyer had believed he had a document relevant to the April 28, 2020, meeting that they needed to review because it might contain privileged information.Ms.
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