OIC Number: 2022 - 224

Date of Order: Sep 08, 2022

Statute: Public Inquiries Act

OIC Text:

WHEREAS by Order in Council 2020-293 dated October 21, 2020, the Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Attorney General and Minister of Justice ordered that a commission be issued, for the period ending on December 15, 2022, under the Public Inquiries Act , and appointed commissioners to conduct a Joint Public Inquiry into the mass shooting that took place in Nova Scotia on April 18 and 19, 2020;

WHEREAS the commissioners have requested an extension of the date for submitting their final report to March 31, 2023; AND

WHEREAS it is desirable to extend the period of the Joint Public Inquiry until May 15, 2023; THEREFORE, the Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Attorney General and Minister of Justice dated August 31, 2022, and pursuant to Sections 2 and 3 of

Chapter 372 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Public Inquiries Act , is pleased, effective on and after September 8, 2022, to amend the Joint Public Inquiry (known as the Mass Casualty Commission) Mandate and Terms of Reference made by Order in Council 2020-293 dated October 21, 2020, by: (

a) replacing “December 15, 2022” with “May 15, 2023” in paragraph (1); and (

b) replacing “November 1, 2022” with “March 31, 2023” in paragraph (1)(d).

Department(s): Justice and Attorney General