RCMP ‘Did Their Best’ in Response to NS Mass Shooting: Department of Justice Canada

Lori Ward, representing Department of Justice Canada, addresses the Mass Casualty Commission inquiry into the mass murders in rural Nova Scotia on April 18/19, 2020, in Truro, N.S., on Sept. 23, 2022. The Canadian Press/Andrew Vaughan

The RCMP’s response to the 2020 shooting rampage that left 22 Nova Scotians dead was far from perfect, but police did their best, the federal Justice Department said Friday.

During the final day of public proceedings at the federal-provincial inquiry into the mass shooting, Lori Ward, general counsel for Department of Justice Canada, said there’s always room for improvement for all policing agencies.