RCMP cruisers parked in front of Portapique Beach Road during the NS mass shooting that claimed 22 lives in April 2020.
It appears RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki was against releasing details on weapons just a few days after the Nova Scotia mass shooting.
In emails released yesterday at the public inquiry, Lucki told then-federal public safety minister Bill Blair’s office on April 23, 2020 that the information was ‘directly related to the active investigation’ and shouldn’t be made public.
Just days later, Superintendent Darren Campbell held a news conference and didn’t release the details, prompting an alleged angry response from Lucki in a meeting afterwards.
Lucki and the Prime Minister’s office have been accused by Campbell and another RCMP staffer of pressuring police to release the details to help advance gun legislation.
They have denied the allegations.
