Now that BC’s Missing Women inquiry is officially over, a key lawyer asking questions during 93 days of hearings continues to take issue with how everything played out.
“The year went by before it actually started the hearings and then, when they did start, the commission put a great deal of stock in internal police reports -it got started on the wrong foot by doing that.”
Cameron Ward, who’s representing the families of 25 victims, has repeatedly accused Commissioner Wally Oppal of giving too much weight to police. investigating themselves.
“Only those police officers who, I would put it, towed the party line and acknowledged that while mistakes were made, they did their best. I don’t think we really heard the whole story –despite the number of days that were devoted to receiving evidence.”
The inquiry wrapped up last week and Oppal has until the end of October to table his findings.
Ward was speaking with CKNW Sima Sara.
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