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Lionel Desmond inquiry: N.S. opposition wants transparency on government progress
The province says it is working on all 25 recommendations, but a new website lists only 12 and leaves out 13, opposition members said.
- On Tuesday, Nova Scotia opposition parties questioned the government's transparency regarding progress on recommendations from the Desmond Fatality Inquiry, following a veterans affairs committee meeting examining the province's response to the 2017 tragedy.
- The inquiry, issued in January 2024, included 25 recommendations to improve health access for Black Nova Scotians, but a government website currently tracks progress on only 12 of them, omitting 13 items.
- Kim Stewart, associate deputy minister of the Health Department, told the committee the government is "very committed" to addressing all 25 recommendations, noting that "They aren't going to be done quickly" but progress is ongoing.
- The NDP member Suzy Hansen criticized the lack of information on hiring Black mental health workers, while Liberal member Iain Rankin argued the current tracking model prevents effective oversight.
- Hansen stated the reporting is "not good enough" given communities have waited for details; the inquiry into Desmond, who suffered from PTSD after serving in Afghanistan, highlighted mental health service challenges for rural African Nova Scotians.
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Lionel Desmond inquiry: N.S. opposition wants transparency on government progress
Nova Scotia opposition parties say the government lacks transparency surrounding its work implementing recommendations from an inquiry into a former soldier who killed his family and himself in 2017.
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