Lawyers Frustrated With Mass Shooting Inquiry in Nova Scotia as Deadlines Loom
Lawyer Josh Bryson, right, representing the family of Joy and Peter Bond, questions Michael Hallowes, a specialist in digital platforms for public safety and national security, as he provides information related to public alert systems at the Mass Casualty Commission inquiry into the mass murders in rural Nova Scotia on April 18/19, 2020, in Dartmouth, N.S. on May 11, 2022. The Canadian Press/Andrew Vaughan
Eighteen months after a public inquiry was established in Nova Scotia to investigate the worst mass shooting in modern Canadian history, lawyers representing most of the 22 victims say they are troubled about its slow progress and lack of witness testimony.
“We’re frustrated with the pace,” said Josh Bryson, a lawyer whose firm represents the family of Peter and Joy Bond, a retired couple in their 70s who were fatally shot in their home in Portapique, N.S., on the night of April 18, 2020.
