‘I await your response’: inside N.S. Liberal MPs’ push for a public inquiry

'If the 10 MPs are articulating the position for Nova Scotia, I would like to think the government would consider that as a strong indicator of what's happening on the ground,' says Liberal MP Darrell Samson.

Liberal MPs Sean Fraser, left, Lenore Zann, and Darrell Samson are three of the 10-member Nova Scotia federal Liberal caucus who lobbied the government on the need for a public inquiry into the April mass shooting. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and photograph courtesy of Lenore Zann's office

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BY NEIL MOSS

August 5, 2020

As Nova Scotia Liberal MPs were hearing backlash from their constituents on the decision to have an independent review into Canada's worst-ever mass shooting, they continued to push party leadership on the need for a public inquiry, including through letters and calls to Public Safety Minister Bill ...

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