Parliamentarians are challenging the federal and Nova Scotia governments' decision to launch a joint review rather than a public inquiry into the Nova Scotia mass shooting.
OTTAWA -- Parliamentarians are challenging the federal and Nova Scotia governments’ decision to launch a joint review rather than a public inquiry into the Nova Scotia mass shooting.
“Why hasn’t the government chosen the only option guaranteed to provide the answers so desperately sought by survivors of the victims and the public? And, will the government revert its position and convene a public inquiry?”, tabled by in the Senate during an emergency summer sitting on behalf of a group of Senators.
The review has been loudly criticized after it was announced on July 23, with families of victims and Canadians across the country questioning the lack of transparency and accountability powers built in to the joint review process.
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