The inquiry investigating the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting has released emails detailing conflict of interest concerns raised about two members assigned last year to an RCMP team providing information to the inquiry.
The RCMP has an uneven record when it comes to implementing recommendations and guidelines following tragedies, according to a CBC News analysis. And that raises concerns as the inquiry into the Nova Scotia mass shooting winds down and a probe of the horrific recent stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan gets underway.
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.
The resources that police forces in Nova Scotia need to protect the public and how they'll pay for those resources will soon be finalized through new standards, in a major shift from years of informal agreements that RCMP leaders say have become a "drain."