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The Mass Casualty Commission begins its inquiry today into the mass shootings in Nova Scotia.
On April 18 and 19 2020 a man disguised as a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer, driving an authentic-looking replica RCMP cruiser, killed 22 people before he was killed by an RCMP member. The victims included two RCMP officers, one of whom survived.
The Commission's mandate is outlined below.
The mandate for the independent Commission is set out under the authority of the Government of Canada and the Government of Nova Scotia and includes the following:
To inquire into what happened and make findings on:
On April 18 and 19 2020 a man disguised as a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer, driving an authentic-looking replica RCMP cruiser, killed 22 people before he was killed by an RCMP member. The victims included two RCMP officers, one of whom survived.
The Commission's mandate is outlined below.
The mandate for the independent Commission is set out under the authority of the Government of Canada and the Government of Nova Scotia and includes the following:
To inquire into what happened and make findings on:
- The causes, context and circumstances giving rise to the April 2020 mass casualty;
- The responses of police, including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), municipal police forces, the Canada Border Services Agency, the Criminal Intelligence Service Nova Scotia, the Canadian Firearms Program and the Alert Ready program;
- The steps taken to inform, support and engage those most affected.
- The role of gender-based and intimate partner violence;
- Access to firearms;
- Prior interactions and relationship of the perpetrator with the police and social services;
- Police actions;
- Communications with the public during and after the event;
- Communications between and within law enforcement agencies and other services;
- Police policies, procedures and training.
- Sets out lessons learned as well as recommendations that could help prevent and respond to similar incidents in the future