Ottawa, Ontario
Today, the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs, and the Honourable Barbara Adams, Nova Scotia Attorney General and Minister of Justice, announced the appointment of the Honourable Myra Freeman as the incoming Chair of the Progress Monitoring Committee, beginning June 1, 2024.
Ms. Freeman, who served as Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia and is a member of the Order of Canada, will continue the work begun by Founding Chair Linda Lee Oland, whose one-year term concludes on May 31, 2024.
Under Ms. Oland's leadership, significant steps have been made to establish the Committee and to launch its work of monitoring the progress of the Governments of Canada and Nova Scotia to advance the findings from the Final Report of the Mass Casualty Commission. This included developing the Terms of Reference for the Committee with Canada and Nova Scotia, undertaking consultations and then making recommendations to Canada and Nova Scotia on the membership of the Committee, and recently releasing the Committee's Initial Six-Month Update and Monitoring Plan.
Moving forward, the Progress Monitoring Committee will continue to provide general public updates, which will be posted on its website no less than every six months, and an annual report.
