Wainwright investigation must include ‘hard questions’ to ensure it doesn’t happen again, current and former military officials say

The military’s investigation into the Wainwright tragedy will ‘really look at the policies and procedures and rules that we had in place' and whether they are sufficient, says one retired official, as the top military commander says the findings will be made public.
National Defence Minister David McGuinty, centre, and Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Jennie Carignan, centre right. There are three parallel investigations into the events of Oct. 17, after a fast-moving grass fire swept through the training base in rural Alberta and killed four, injuring dozens.

A retired high-ranking military official says the Canadian Armed Forces won’t "shy away" from tough questions in investigating the tragedy in Wainwright, Alta., that killed four Canadian soldiers and injured dozens more.

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