MCC Day 72 - First Set of Closing Submissions

The final week of the Mass Casualty Commission proceedings will be used to hear closing submissions by the participants. After so many days of proceedings, with such a large volume of evidence, closing submissions are an opportunity for the parties to give their perspective on what has been heard, and to make recommendations. Notably, there is one participant that will not be making closing submissions, and that is the MCC itself. Normally, Commission Counsel would lead off the closing submissions, and speak to all relevant issues. The leading Canadian legal textbook on Inquiry Law says that Commission Counsel should make closing submissions, as they are supposed to act in the public interest and are therefore concerned with all outstanding issues. We should be told why they are not going to be speaking. Submissions were made today by Sandra McCulloch from Patterson Law, Josh Bryson from Windsor Law, MDW Law's Tara Miller, and self-represented participant Tara Long. I discuss their main points in the video, and the reactions (or lack thereof) from the Commissioners.