Nova Scotia’s Mass Casualty Commission was formed to obsessively probe the details of Canada’s worst mass shooting and ensure that such a thing could never happen again. Instead, according to the families of those killed, it has devolved into a “restricted” process that has “further traumatized” the very people it was supposed to serve.
This week, a law firm representing 14 of the 22 victims killed in the April, 2020 tragedy announced they would be boycotting hearings after commissioners allowed two “critical” RCMP witnesses to evade cross-examination.
“Our clients are disheartened and further traumatized by the Commissioners’ decision to not allow their own lawyers to … participate in the questioning of whom they view to be amongst the most crucial RCMP ‘in command’ members,” reads a Wednesday statement by Patterson Law.
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