Bill Blair isn\u0027t budging from his stance that he did not interfere in a police investigation into the Nova Scotia mass shooting.
Blair, who was public safety minister at the time, told a House of Commons committee Monday that he has never directed police to disclose information pertaining to an investigation, including in this case.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails.
During that April 28, 2020, meeting, Lucki said she understood the police force couldn’t release certain details about the investigation into how a gunman killed 22 people during a 13-hour rampage.tap here to see other videos from our teamHowever, she told officers in Halifax she was frustrated upon learning that the speaking notes used for an RCMP news conference earlier that day did not include basic information about the killer’s firearms.
“There was no political interference. I was neither asked, directed nor pressured by government officials to release information specific to the firearms used by the perpetrator in these horrific attacks,” Lucki said.During the April 28 conference call, Lucki said she “felt completely disrespected” by the fact that she was told that RCMP Supt. Darren Campbell was going to talk about the guns used during the shooting spree in his speaking notes, “and it wasn’t there.
While both Lucki and Blair have consistently denied that there was any political pressure, the recordings indicate Lucki was conscious of the federal gun-control efforts.Article content
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