(Halifax) The commission of inquiry into the April 2020 shooting that claimed the lives of 22 people in Nova Scotia is again postponing public hearings, which are expected to begin at the end of next month.
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The committee’s website says public sessions will begin on February 22, rather than January 25. Work was originally scheduled to start in October, but was delayed due to the large volume of documents that commission staff had to review.
The three people responsible for investigating the shootings of April 18 and 19, 2020, said in a statement that documents describing the killings have been distributed to interested parties and should be revised.
The commission indicates that these documents will be made public between February 24 and April 14, but that they will first be revised in order to “protect the privacy and dignity of witnesses and victims”.
The commission, headed by former Nova Scotia Chief Justice Michael MacDonald, says on its website that an interim report will be presented by 1er June and a final report by 1er December 2022.
RCMP confirmed that on the night of April 18, 2020, a sniper shot several houses and killed 13 people in Portapique, Nova Scotia, before escaping police and killing nine others the next day.