BC Government Appoints Former Chief Justice Review Festival Safety Measures

Liberal Leader Mark Carney hugs Mable Elmore, MLA for Vancouver Kensington, as they visit a memorial for the Lapu Lapu Day block party tragedy in Vancouver, on April 27, 2025. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

The British Columbia government has appointed a former chief justice of the B.C. Supreme Court to report on safety measures for event organizers and police after 11 people were killed in a vehicle attack in Vancouver.

Premier David Eby says Christopher Hinkson has agreed to serve as commissioner to conduct the review “in a very short period of time.”