Committee Head Reports Progress in Implementing N.S. Mass Shooting Inquiry Recommendations

Myra Freeman, chair of the independent monitoring committee, expresses satisfaction with the advancements by police and governments.

Freeman was appointed three months ago to oversee the implementation of recommendations from the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry.
The inquiry's 3,000-page report includes 130 non-binding recommendations focused on community safety, police reform, mental health, firearms access, and gender-based violence.
Freeman noted significant progress in many areas but withheld specific details, pending the release of the committee's first annual report in November.
The recommendations require extensive coordination among various agencies and governments to be effectively implemented.
The inquiry's final report, released in March 2023, criticized the RCMP's handling of the 2020 incident, where a gunman killed 22 people over a 13-hour period.