Premier Stephen McNeil says it’s up to Ottawa, but the Nova Scotia government is hearing more calls to launch a public inquiry into last month’s mass shooting, which claimed 22 lives in the province.
McNeil believes an inquiry would be a federal responsibility, since the RCMP is a federal agency, but many people -- including some of the victims’ family members -- feel the province should take charge of it.
“There was the Taser-related death of an individual in the airport in Vancouver, which is in the hands of the RCMP; that was looked into by a provincial inquiry, which related to the RCMP, a federal agency in an airport -- a federally-regulated airport -- and interactions with the CBSA ,” noted Fraser.A former journalist and author of three books on the RCMP, Paul Palango says an inquiry is necessary and would provide vital information.
“This isn’t a case where any elected official should just say that’s something, that’s somebody else’s issue,” said Houston.
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