Turning the Tide Together – the final report of the Mass Casualty Commission, was released in Truro, Nova Scotia on March 30, 2023. Watch the remarks from the Commissioners.
Webcasts and Transcripts from Past Proceedings
March 30, 2023
12:00 p.m.
- 1:00 p.m.
Release of Final Report
October 27, 2022
11:00 a.m.
- 12:00 p.m.
Virtual Proceeding
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September 23, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Participant Submissions, Closing Remarks
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September 22, 2022
9:00 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Participant Submissions
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September 21, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Participant Submissions
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September 20, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Participant Submissions
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September 15, 2022
2:00 p.m.
- 6:00 p.m.
Participant Consultation: Justice-Related Organizations, Participant Presentation
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September 14, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Roundtable: Police Oversight, Supervision and Accountability
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September 13, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Consultative Conference with Indigenous People
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September 9, 2022
11:00 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Witness: Dep. Comm'r Brian Brennan
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September 8, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Roundtable: Structure of Policing in Nova Scotia
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September 7, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Roundtable: Contemporary Community Policing, Community Safety and Well-being
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September 6, 2022
8:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Participant Consultations: Firearm Organizations, Witness: Cst. Greg Wiley
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September 1, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Participant Consultations: Police-Related Organizations
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August 31, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Participant Consultation: Gender-Based Organizations
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August 29, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Presentation: Environmental Scan, Participant Consultation: Victim Advocacy Organizations
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August 25, 2022
2:00 p.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Witness: Chief Dan Kinsella - Halifax Regional Police
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August 24, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Witness: Comm'r Brenda Lucki
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August 23, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Witnesses A/Comm'r Lee Bergerman and Comm'r Brenda Lucki
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August 22, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Witness: A/Comm'r Lee Bergerman
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July 28, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Witness: C/Supt. Chris Leather
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July 27, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Witness: C/Supt. Chris Leather
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July 26, 2022
9:00 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Witness: Supt. Darren Campbell
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July 25, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Witness: Supt. Darren Campbell
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July 22, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Expert Witness Panel: Kristy Martire and Tess Neal, Participant Submissions
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July 21, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Roundtables: IPV, GBV and Family Violence: Personal and Community Responses
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July 20, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Roundtables: IBV, GBV and Family Violence, and Police and Institutional Understanding and Responses to Sexual Violence and Other Forms of Gender-Based Violence
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July 19, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Foundational Document: Perpetrator’s Financial Misdealings, Witness: Cst. Troy Maxwell
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July 18, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Roundtable: Mass Casualties, IPV, GBV and Family Violence: Exploring the Connections
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July 15, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Witness: Lisa Banfield
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July 14, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Roundtable: Prediction and Prevention of Mass Casualty Events
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July 13, 2022
8:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Expert Witness Panel: Jude McCulloch and JaneMaree Maher, Foundational Document: Perpetrator’s Violence Towards Common-Law Spouse
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July 12, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Foundational Document: Perpetrator’s Violent Behaviour Towards Others, Witness: Brenda Forbes
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July 11, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Expert Witness Panel: Tristan Bridges and Tara Leigh Tober, Foundational Document: Violence in the Perpetrator’s Family of Origin, Expert Witness: Dr. Deborah Doherty
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July 6, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Roundtable: Rurality and Community Well-Being
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June 30, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Roundtables: Needs of First Responders After Mass Casualty Incidents, and Rural Communities, Policing and Crime
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June 28, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Roundtable: Needs of Family and Community After Mass Casualty Incidents
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June 23, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Roundtable: Emergency Communications (Within RCMP and Among Responding Agencies) and Interoperability Among Agencies, Expert Witness: Dr. Jaclyn Schildkraut
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June 21, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Foundational Document: Support Services for Survivors, Families and Communities, Witness: Cst. Wayne “Skipper” Bent
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June 20, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Foundational Document: Information Seeking from Families and Next of Kin Notifications, Witness: Cst. Nick Dorrington
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June 14, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Small Groups Sessions: Service Providers and Elected Officials
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June 13, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Small Group Sessions: EHS and OCC First Responders
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June 9, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Foundational Documents: Air Support, TMR2 Radio Communications, 911 Call Taking and Dispatch, HRP and Halifax District RCMP, Witness Panel: Overview of TMR System, Participant Submissions
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June 8, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Witnesses: Lia Scanlan and S/Sgt. Addie MacCallum
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June 7, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Foundational Document: RCMP Public Communications, Witnesses: Cpl. Jennifer Clarke, Glenn Mason and Supt. Dustine Rodier
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June 6, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Foundational Document: Truro Police Services – April 19, 2020, Witness: Chief Dave MacNeil - Truro Police Services
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June 2, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Roundtables: Critical Incident Response
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June 1, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Roundtables: Critical Incident Response
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May 31, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Witness: S/Sgt. Andy O’Brien
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May 30, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Witness: S/Sgt. Brian Rehill
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May 26, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Witness: S/Sgt. Allan (Al) Carroll
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May 25, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Witness: S/Sgt. Bruce Briers
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May 18, 2022
(all day)
Witness Panel: S/Sgt. Jeff West and S/Sgt. Kevin Surette
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May 17, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Foundational Document: RCMP Command Post, Operational Communications Centre and Command Decisions, Witness: S/Sgt. Steve Halliday
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May 16, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Foundational Document: RCMP Emergency Response Team (ERT), Witness Panel: Cpl. Tim Mills and Cpl. Trent Milton
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May 12, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Roundtables: Public Communications During Emergency Events
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May 11, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Expert Witness: Michael Hallowes, Participant Submissions
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May 10, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Foundational Document: Alert Ready in Nova Scotia, Expert Witnesses: Paul Mason and Rodney Legge
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May 5, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Witness Panel: Cst Terry Brown and Cst. Dave Melanson, Witnesses: Cst. Ian Fahie and Cpl. Duane Ivany
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May 4, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Witness: Al McCambridge, Participant Submissions
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May 3, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Foundational Documents: Firearms, Presentation of Expert Reports, Expert Witness: Benjamin Sampson
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April 27, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Roundtable: Police Paraphernalia and Police Impersonators
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April 25, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Foundational Documents: Police Paraphernalia & Confirmation of Replica RCMP Cruiser, Witness: Max Liberatore
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April 14, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Witness Panel: Csts. Craig Hubley and Ben MacLeod, Participant Submissions on Foundational Documents
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April 13, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Foundational Documents: Highway 224 & Enfield Big Stop, Expert Witness: Dr. Matthew Bowes, Participant Submissions
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April 11, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Foundational Documents: Onslow Belmont Fire Brigade Hall & Shubenacadie, Witness Panel: Darrell Currie, Greg Muise and Richard Ellison
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March 31, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Foundational Documents: Highway 4, Glenholme & Plains Road, Debert
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March 30, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Foundational Documents: 2328 Hunter Rd & Highway 4, Wentworth, Witness: Ms. Debra Thibeault
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March 28, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Witness Panel: Constables Stuart Beselt, Adam Merchant and Aaron Patton
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March 9, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Foundational Document: Overnight in Debert, Participant Submissions, Commissioner’s Decision
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March 7, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Participant Submissions
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March 3, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Participant Submissions
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March 2, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Participant Submissions
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March 1, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Technical Presentation: How 911 Calls are Received and Dispatched in Nova Scotia, Foundational Documents: First Responders in Portapique & Containment Points in and around Portapique
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February 28, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Foundational Document: Portapique, April 18-19, 2020
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February 23, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Presentation: Structure of Policing in Nova Scotia, Panel: Introducing the Communities
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February 22, 2022
9:30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Opening Day, Panel: Human Impact—Broad Reach and Effects on Wellness
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