There should be a public inquiry into the 2014 Hill shooting

Though it's been 10 years, there should be a full public inquiry into what happened that day. Parliament experienced one of the darkest days in its history, and the public should know how and why it happened.

Flowers and flags adorn the National War Memorial in tribute to Cpl. Nathan Cirillo on Oct. 23, 2014, the day after he was shot dead while on sentry duty. Ten years on, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May backs calls for an inquiry into the security on that day. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY EDITORIAL

October 28, 2024

Last week, MPs marked the 10th anniversary of the terrible attack on Parliament Hill, and paid tribute in the House to Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, the young man who was shot and killed by Michael Zehaf-Bibeau while he was on sentry duty at the National War Memorial on that cold, cl...

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