N.S. mass shooting recommendations: Committee says progress being made [Video]

The committee monitoring progress on the 130 recommendations made by the Mass Casualty Commission said progress is being made in three key areas.

Myra Freeman, the chair of the Progress Monitoring Committee (PMC), shared details from the organization’s first annual report and said it marks an important milestone for the committee, which is tasked with monitoring and reporting publicly on the progress made on the MCC’s long list of recommendations.

“Action on the recommendations continues to be a high public safety priority. There remains much to be done, but I am encouraged by the serious commitment to address the recommendations from both levels of government and the RCMP,” said Freeman.

The first report from the PMC shows the progress made in the three key areas are:

• gender-based intimate partner violence
• access to firearms
• reforms to strengthen the province’s independent police watchdog, the Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT).

The PMC was created in 2023 in co-operation with the federal and provincial governments to monitor, report, and …