‘Serious commitment’ toward N.S. mass shooting recommendations, says committee

CITYnews halifax / By The Canadian Press

HALIFAX — The head of a committee monitoring how governments and the RCMP are responding to the inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia says she is encouraged by their “serious commitment” to address its 130 recommendations.

Myra Freeman, chairwoman of the independent progress monitoring committee, made the comment as she released its first annual report, which rates the level of progress over the past year.

The report focuses on three areas: gender-based violence; access to firearms; and the work of Nova Scotia’s independent police oversight agency, the Serious Incident Response Team.

Freeman issued a statement saying the non-binding recommendations from the inquiry “continue to be a high public safety priority,” but she says there is much work to be done.

The committee’s report covers 24 of the Mass Casualty Commission’s 130 recommendations.

The committee was established in 2023 by the provincial and federal governments, but Freeman wasn’t appointed to the role of chairwoman until May 2024.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 29, 2024.

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