The Nova Scotia government should not have dismissed the judge leading the Lionel Desmond inquiry, a close relative of the former soldier at the centre of the high-profile probe said Thursday.
Desmond’s sister Chantel said she and other family members wanted provincial court Judge Warren Zimmer to finish his work, which started more than five years ago.
“I honestly don’t know what I feel about it besides disappointment,” Chantel Desmond said in a Facebook message, responding to comments made earlier in the day by Premier Tim Houston and Attorney General Brad Johns. “I don’t understand why they couldn’t let Zimmer just finish, as he was there the entire time.”…