A coalition of groups devoted to eliminating gender-based violence across Canada is urging Ottawa and Nova Scotia to refrain from using a restorative justice approach for a promised inquiry into the mass killing that claimed 22 lives in the Maritime province.
In a letter addressed to the prime minister, Nova Scotia's premier and several cabinet ministers, the group insists such an approach would undermine the need for an independent, fully transparent public inquiry.
"The public outcry for an inquiry was not a demand to have discrete groups of affected individuals participate in a series of private meetings," the letter says. "I think any process that can delay a thorough, transparent public inquiry should be put on hold and not considered at this point. Canadians deserve a clear process for accountability at this stage."
Furey has said the inquiry or review must have certain features common to public inquiries, including judicial leadership, the power to compel witnesses to testify and the ability to make recommendations to hold public agencies accountable for their actions. And he has said the investigation could take the form of a traditional federal-provincial public inquiry led by an independent commissioner.
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