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More on the Halifax shooting inquiry, documents etc


https://www.theglobeandmail.com/poli...o-nova-scotia/

The federal Justice department says it turned over a further 17 pages of RCMP investigative files on Friday to the public inquiry into the April 2020 mass killing of 22 people in Nova Scotia.
Department spokesman Ian McLeod said another three pages have been withheld as Justice lawyers determine if they should be disclosed to the Mass Casualty Commission [MCC], which is investigating the worst mass shooting in Canadian history.
“Three remaining pages are still being reviewed for any necessary redactions,” Mr. McLeod said in a statement to The Globe and Mail.


He said Justice lawyers had initially withheld 35 pages from the commission and handed over 12 documents on May 30. The package included four pages of notes from RCMP Superintendent Darren Campbell, outlining an April 28, 2020, conversation with the country’s top Mountie and her Nova Scotia commanders.
Those notes allege that RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki berated Supt. Campbell when he refused to prematurely release details on the type of weapons used in the shooting. She told her officers she had promised the “minister of public safety and the Prime Minister’s Office” to reveal what kind of firearms were used to build support for the Liberal government’s gun agenda.

Supt. Campbell is not the only member of the RCMP who has talked about pressure from Ottawa.
Lisa Scanlan, the RCMP’s former director of strategic communications in Halifax, told the investigation that federal officials, including Mr. Trudeau and Mr. Blair, “were weighing in on what we could and couldn’t say” during media briefings.
The transcript of her remarks was heavily redacted in some sections before its release, so some details of the testimony remain secret.
At another point, Ms. Scanlan talked about Commissioner Lucki’s conduct in an interview and attributes what happened to “political pressure,” adding “that is 100 per cent Minister Blair and the Prime Minister.”
She then told investigators: “We have a Commissioner that does not push back.”