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It's the worst mass killing in Canadian history, and there are hundreds of questions still unanswered almost two years later. A public inquiry into the Portapique shootings is happening right now, and the early answers to some of those questions are disturbing. What more will we learn about how many lives could have been saved? Will RCMP officers actually agree to testify at all? And what about the killer's rumoured connections to the RCMP itself?
How much of this mystery will we unravel? And how bad will it get?
GUEST: Greg Mercer, Atlantic Canada reporter, The Globe and Mail
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