**** RCMP Media Release
Nova Scotia RCMP media inquiries process related to MCC hearings
On February 22, 2022, the Mass Casualty Commission (MCC) will begin public hearings related to the incidents that occurred in Northeast Nova Scotia on April 18 and 19, 2020. The MCC will be releasing documents and testimony will begin.
The RCMP has been cooperating fully with the independent inquiry and it is our hope that this inquiry will provide a full accounting of what happened for the families of the victims and the public. What took place in Northeast Nova Scotia was unprecedented and has forever affected victims’ families foremost, but also RCMP employees, community members and all Nova Scotians.
We owe it to the memory of those we lost to learn as much as we can from the unprecedented incidents.
During the proceedings, the Nova Scotia RCMP expects to receive a number of media inquiries related to the documents published by the MCC and the testimony provided during the hearings. We fully support the MCC’s mandate and it must be given the space and time to fulfill that mandate fairly and impartially.
With this, it would be inappropriate for the RCMP to comment on specific documents or testimony while the proceedings are ongoing. The RCMP will, however, review each media inquiry it receives and provide a response whenever possible.
The RCMP has confidence in the training, professionalism and bravery of our employees who responded to the unprecedented incidents.
We continue our contact with the victims’ families through our family liaison and to support the hundreds of employees who responded to the incidents and carried out the H-Strong investigation.
The RCMP looks forward to receiving any recommendations that will further its goal of providing Nova Scotians and Canadians with the most effective and efficient police services possible.
