The tragedy in Nova Scotia should teach us all key lessons

Any inquiry should recommend better training, better profiling, and modern emergency systems technology everywhere in this country.

Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair, pictured April 20 addressing media about the shooting in Portapique, N.S. Canada needs to update its emergency response capacity. It is at least 20 years out of date, and is incapable of managing an emergency or informing the public effectively, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

April 29, 2020

OTTAWA—In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, I joined the crowd watching Netflix. One series I found compelling was Mindhunter, a true story about the behavioural sciences unit set up by the FBI in the 1970s to profile serial killers. The unit...

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