A lawyer who represents many of the Nova Scotia mass shooting’s victims’ families says they are hoping the final report of the public inquiry doesn’t pull any punches about what went wrong.
Sandra McCulloch is part of Patterson Law, a firm representing 14 of the families of the 22 people killed on April 18th and 19th 2020 by a gunman driving a replica R-C-M-P vehicle.
She says the families are hoping “for clear commentary on what things went wrong and what things ought to have been done better or differently” when the report is released tomorrow.
During the hearings, some legal experts raised criticisms of restrictions on cross examination of witnesses, particularly of police officers.
Nova Scotia R-C-M-P have issued a province-wide arrest warrant for a Wentworth man wanted on a firearms offense.
Police say 54-year-old Leland Lynds is wanted following an incident last Tuesday in Wentworth.
They say they have made several attempts to locate Lynds and they are now requesting help from the public.
Police believe Lynds may be armed and are asking people to stay away should they encounter him.
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s budget for the coming fiscal year promises major spending on Canada’s green economy and expanded dental care.
It also claims Ottawa can cut 15-billion dollars out of the cost of running the federal government by scaling back travel, its use of outside consultants and a review of departmental spending.
The government will increase spending by nearly 60-billion dollars over the next five years.
The budget makes clear the upheaval created by the pandemic means Canada is still at risk of seeing its finances take a turn for the worse by the end of this year.
The opposition Liberals and the Nova Scotia Federation of Labour are calling for tax reform as residents struggle with the rising cost of living.
The Liberals as well as an Independent member of legislature have each introduced bills to automatically adjust provincial income tax brackets to annual inflation.
This would ensure that pay raises equal to the annual rise in the cost of living don’t bump taxpayers into higher income tax brackets.
However, Premier Tim Houston says there will be no major tax reform until healthcare in Nova Scotia is “fixed.”
