Nova Scotia makes progress on Mass Casualty Commission recommendations in final report, but work remains

Advertisement 1 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Breadcrumb Trail Links HomeAtlantic CanadaNewsNova ScotiaHalifax Nova Scotia makes progress on Mass Casualty Commission recommendations in final report, but work remains Over its three-year mandate, the Progress Monitoring Committee supervised the implementation of more than 100 recommendations from the MCC Author of the article: By Ally Bowes Published Aug 31, 2026 Last updated 7 hours ago 2 minute read Myra Freeman, chairwoman of committee monitoring implementation of the final report recommendations of the Mass Casualty Commission said that while the committees work is done those involved need to continue to address long term and systemic issued that led to the 2020 mass shootings. File Article content The Progress Monitoring Committee released its third and final report looking at the headway made so far on recommendations from the Mass Causality Commission after the 2020 shootings. Article content The committee, made up of community members, government representatives and victims’ family members, has over the past three years kept an eye on efforts to follow the nearly 100 recommendations laid out in the commission’s final report in March 2023.   Article content Article content Article content Some progress made, more to go Article content According to a news release issued Monday, the report highlighted progress on 90 of the recommendations between Sept. 1, 2025 and Aug. 31, 2026, using four themes: community safety and well-being, public health, gender-based violence and intimate partner violence, and access to firearms and policing reform.   Article content Over the final year of its mandate, the committee received 16 presentations as well as quarterly updates from the RCMP and federal and provincial government representatives.  Article content Committee chair Myra Freeman said that while they were happy to see progress in some areas, there is still a lot of work that needs to be done when it comes to more complicated issues and they will require responses that are longer term.   Article content “As our mandate concludes, I hope one lasting legacy of the committee will be recognition that independent oversight plays a vital role in maintaining momentum, ensuring transparency and holding governments and agencies accountable following a public inquiry,” Freeman said.   Article content Article content Governments say they will put in the…