The Conservative MP of West Nova says the Liberals used the deaths of 22 Nova Scotians to advance their political policy on gun control.
Chris d’Entremont is reacting to allegations of interference into the investigation of the April, 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia.
He says it’s an American style of politics that has no place here.
“If the Prime Minister’s office and Minister Blair did somehow intervene in this, I think there are a number of people that need to resign,” says d’Entremont.
RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki has denied claims that she wanted information about the guns used in the killings released because she supported the Liberals new gun control laws.
d’Entremont says his party requested an emergency debate in the House of Commons yesterday, but were denied by the Speaker.
He says they’ll continue to ask questions, as the end of the legislative session approaches.
d’Entremont says government didn’t want to go through with a full public inquiry, and now we’re finding out why.
The allegations were brought forward during the Portapique Inquiry on Tuesday, when notes from a meeting among senior RCMP leadership ten days after the shooting were made public.
The notes were taken by RCMP Superintendent Darren Campbell and revealed Lucki had promised government officials and the Prime Minister’s Office that police would release information about the firearms used by the shooter.
