{"id":9854,"date":"2024-11-29T16:24:17","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T19:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/?p=9854"},"modified":"2024-11-29T16:24:18","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T19:24:18","slug":"mass-casualty-commission-released-its-first-annual-progress-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/2024\/11\/29\/mass-casualty-commission-released-its-first-annual-progress-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass Casualty Commission Released Its First Annual Progress Report."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The committee monitoring implementation of the final report recommendations of the Mass Casualty Commission released its first annual progress report today, November 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Progress Monitoring Committee\u2019s first annual report rates progress made over the past year in three areas: gender-based and intimate partner violence; access to firearms; and the province\u2019s independent police oversight agency, the Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT). The rated themes encompass 24 of the Mass Casualty Commission\u2019s 130 recommendations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe release of our first annual report marks an important milestone on the work of the Progress Monitoring Committee,\u201d said Myra Freeman, Chair of the Progress Monitoring Committee. \u201cAction on the recommendations continues to be a high public safety priority. There remains much to be done, but I am encouraged by the serious commitment to address the recommendations from both levels of government and the RCMP.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report is available at:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/progress-monitoring-committee\/docs\/Progress-Monitoring-Committee-Annual-Report-en.pdf\">https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/progress-monitoring-committee\/docs\/Progress-Monitoring-Committee-Annual-Report-en.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Progress Monitoring Committee was established in 2023 by the provincial and federal governments to provide a mechanism for monitoring, reporting, creating mutual accountability and exchanging knowledge and information as Canada, Nova Scotia and others respond to Turning the Tide Together: Final Report of the Mass Casualty Commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Quick Facts:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ms. Freeman was appointed to the role of permanent chair in May 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the Progress Monitoring Committee meets quarterly; its next meeting is in December<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the committee\u2019s inaugural annual report is its first update using a monitoring plan rating progress made by both the provincial and federal governments and the RCMP to address the 130 recommendations from the Mass Casualty Commission\u2019s final report<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the Progress Monitoring Committee consists of representatives from the governments of Nova Scotia and Canada, victims\u2019 families, municipal governments, policing associations, gender-based violence advocacy and support sectors, Indigenous community organizations and African Canadian community organizations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the committee, which has a three-year mandate, monitors and publicly reports on the initiatives that Canada, Nova Scotia and the RCMP are undertaking in response to the Mass Casualty Commission\u2019s final report<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Additional Resources:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Six-month report and monitoring framework:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/progress-monitoring-committee\/docs\/pmc-six-month-update-en.pdf\">https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/progress-monitoring-committee\/docs\/pmc-six-month-update-en.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Progress Monitoring Committee, including committee members, terms of reference and meeting summaries:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/progress-monitoring-committee\/\">https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/progress-monitoring-committee\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turning the Tide Together:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/masscasualtycommission.ca\/final-report\/\">https:\/\/masscasualtycommission.ca\/final-report\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source : Provincial Release <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The committee monitoring implementation of the final report recommendations of the Mass Casualty Commission released its first annual progress report<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10,12,13,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-general","category-latest","category-news","category-top-stories"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9854"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9855,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9854\/revisions\/9855"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}