OTTAWA,
ON, March 28, 2024 /CNW/ - The Honourable
Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions
and Intergovernmental Affairs, today issued the following
statement:
"Today, I released the Government of Canada's response to the Final Report of the
Mass Casualty Commission, Turning the Tide Together,
published on March 30, 2023.
The Final Report delved into the circumstances surrounding the mass
shooting that took place in Nova
Scotia on April 18 and 19,
2020 and claimed the lives of 22 Canadians. Our thoughts are with
their families and the community today, as they have been
throughout the process of developing this government response.
The Final Report contained 130 recommendations that called for
transformative change to better prevent and respond to critical
incidents and mass casualty events in the future, and make Canadian
communities safer. I want to thank the Commission's Chair, the
Honourable J. Michael MacDonald,
former Chief Justice of Nova
Scotia, as well as Commissioners Leanne J. Fitch (Ret. Police Chief, M.O.M.) and
Dr. Kim Stanton for their work.
The Government of Canada's
response outlines the work that has been done to address the
recommendations where the federal government can act or lead.
It includes new investments totaling $76.7 million over the next five years as well as
$10.2 million provided annually
thereafter to support community safety and policing. The Government
of Canada has also delivered on a
number of recommendations including jointly appointing, with the
Province of Nova Scotia, a
Founding Chair and members to an independent Progress Monitoring
Committee (PMC), for a period of three years.
Moving forward, the PMC will monitor and publicly report on the
work that the Government of Canada
and the Province of Nova Scotia
are doing to further address the Mass Casualty Commission's
recommendations.
The Government of Canada will
continue to provide national leadership on a whole-of-society
response to the Commission's recommendations and work with all
orders of government to keep Canadians safe."
SOURCE Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada