‘Change takes time’: Committee monitoring response to N.S. shooting releases report
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An independent committee says the RCMP and governments have completed only a fraction of the changes recommended by an inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia.
The chair of the committee that’s monitoring the implementation of recommendations from the inquiry into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting says she’s pleased with the progress she’s seen from RCMP and governments.
A gunman shot and killed 22 people during a 13-hour rampage in the province on April 18 and 19, 2020.
A public inquiry in 2023 released a list of 130 recommendations that covered gender-based and intimate partner violence, access to firearms, policing and the province’s independent police oversight agency.
The independent Progress Monitoring Committee has a three-year mandate to publicly report on the initiatives taken by the provincial and federal governments, as well as the RCMP.
“Let me remind you that change takes time and I recognize that it can never be fast enough,” said the committee’s chair, Myra Freeman, during the release of their second annual report.
The 50-page report emphasizes that progress is being made on some fronts, including emergency management, regulatory oversight, mental wellness and gender-based violence prevention.
The report divided the recommendations into 14 groups. Two groups, both of which fell under “policing reform,” were rated as “complete.”
“They have their eye on the ball as to what needs to be done. They completed the governance and they are working to ensure that the other recommendations are moving forward,” said Freeman.
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