Nova Scotia to review domestic homicides, deaths of children in care
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Claudia Chender, NDP justice critic, said she supported the province’s decision to launch both committees but added she’s concerned that their findings may never be made public.
‘In order to act on whatever recommendations that come out of these committees we need to have a full understanding of what those recommendations are, what those trends are and how to move forward with those recommendations,’ said Chender.
Chender said she’s also concerned that the minister isn’t considering the same sort of review for adult fatalities in provincial custody, given Gregory Hiles’ death in August. Hiles died after being found hanging by bed sheets in his cell at the East Coast Forensic Hospital in Dartmouth. The Nova Scotia Health Authority resisted public calls for an independent inquiry into the incident and is conducting an internal investigation.
‘We haven’t gotten all the answers we needed into this death and if we had a mechanism in place where we properly investigated and the results were made public, that would go a long way to ensuring that doesn’t happen again,’ said Chender.
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