Discussion surrounding first-responding RCMP members and whether they should testify under oath was the focus of Thursday’s Mass Casualty Commission proceedings. Their union is arguing they shouldn’t, as the experience could be re-traumatizing. But as Graeme Benjamin reports, lawyers representing the victims’ families say it’s the only way to figure out exactly what happened.
- Nova Scotia Mounties should be compelled to testify at mass shooting inquiry: experts
- Coroner’s inquest rules 2017 police shooting of Nunavut man a homicide
- Police union argues for limits to RCMP members testifying at inquiry on mass shooting