Joint commission into Tumbler Ridge shooting possible
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VICTORIA — A joint federal-provincial commission could look into the shooting that killed eight people in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., says British Columbia’s public safety minister.
Nina Krieger says a joint commission is an “option,” citing the one that investigated the April 2020 Nova Scotia mass casualty events that resulted in death of 22 people.
Krieger’s comments come after meeting Federal Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree in Ottawa this week, and more than three weeks after the announcement of a provincial inquest into the Feb. 10 shooting.
B.C. Minister of Public Safety Nina Krieger speaks alongside B.C. Premier David Eby, federal Minister of Housing and Infrastructure Gregor Robertson and federal Minister of Public Safety Gary Anandasangaree during a press conference in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. on Feb. 11. (The Canadian Press files)
She says the federal government welcomes the inquest, but adds that she and Premier David Eby have always been clear that they will use every available tool to answer any outstanding questions.
While it is important for the current police investigation and the future inquest to complete their work, the government also knows that family members, the community and the public want information to prevent a repeat of what happened, she said.
Krieger says it is too early to say when such a commission could be called, but staff in her ministry said on background that such a commission could call witnesses from outside of British Columbia, including representatives of international companies with offices in Canada.
On Feb. 10, 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar shot and killed her mother and 11-year-old half-brother at their family home in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. She then shot and killed five children and an educator at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School before killing herself. More than two dozen were also injured in the attack.
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