‘Heartbreak on top of heartbreak’: Trudeau addresses the Nova Scotia shooting

Plus, the Conservatives have offered a counterproposal to limit in-person meetings to two a week, paring down their ask from four.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is hopeful parties can agree to limit in-person sittings to one per week by the end of Monday, after parties failed to reach an agreement ahead of Parliament's return. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PALAK MANGAT

April 20, 2020

A “senseless tragedy” that left 19 people dead, including an RCMP officer in Nova Scotia, unfolded during a time the federal government would have introduced legislation to ban assault weapons across the country, says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

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