Former N.S. justice minister says he left RCMP after force refused to adopt Alert Ready

Former Nova Scotia justice minister Mark Furey has told the Mass Casualty Commission he encountered "strong opposition" to a proposal to use a public alerting system in 2012, and that opposition played a key role in his decision to leave the force.

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