“This is not how the families wish to be treated,' a lawyer for victims' families says
, but the process drew criticism from victims’ relatives as being too secretive and lacking the necessary legal powers.
The review panel’s terms of reference don’t contain provisions to compel witnesses to speak under oath, and they specify that information collected in the preparation of its report “shall be kept confidential.” A memorial pays tribute to RCMP Const. Heidi Stevenson, one of the victims of the Nova Scotia mass shooting, in Shubenacadie, N.S., on May 14, 2020.
The panel will be led by the former chief justice of Nova Scotia, Michael MacDonald, who will be joined by former federal Liberal cabinet minister Anne McLellan, and Leanne Fitch, the former chief of police in Fredericton. He said the choice of commissioners was good, but “any decision-maker can only render decisions based on the information and evidence presented to them.”In an email, Pineo called the review “wholly insufficient to meet the objectives of providing full and transparent answers to the families, identifying deficiencies in responses, and providing meaningful lessons to be learned to avoid similar future tragedies.
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