Lionel Desmond Inquiry: Premier Explains Why His Government Dismissed Head of Inquiry

Lionel Desmond Inquiry: Premier Explains Why His Government Dismissed Head of Inquiry
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston, left, and Finance and Treasury Board Minister Allan MacMaster enter the legislature before tabling the provincial budget, in Halifax, on Mar. 23, 2023. The Canadian Press/Darren Calabrese
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Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston made it clear today his government decided to replace the judge overseeing the Lionel Desmond inquiry because Warren Zimmer’s final report was taking too long to complete.

The provincial fatality inquiry, which was created five years ago, investigated why the Afghanistan war veteran killed three members of his family and himself in their rural Nova Scotia home in January 2017.