After a 3-week hiatus, the Mass Casualty Commission will be holding proceedings again starting Monday August 22nd. There are proceedings scheduled for the following four weeks as well, and then a break for the month of October, before the Commissioners release their report on November 1st. This week, we will be hearing from Assistant Commissioner Lee Bergerman, the head of the RCMP in Nova Scotia at the time of the events of April 18-19, 2020. We will also hear from national RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki. AC Bergerman will be asked about her role in the highly critisized NS RCMP operational reaction and press conferences after the active shooter situation was brought to an end. Both will be asked about the brewing political controversy about Comm. Lucki's complaint that the NS RCMP did not release details about the particular firearms the killer used. In this post, I discuss those topics, and consider what the MCC might do with the four weeks of scheduled hearings remaining. So far, details are not yet available as to witnesses or what experts the MCC might bring back to have discuss potential recommendations.
