The final progress monitoring report on the implementation of recommendations from the inquiry into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting included gender-based and intimate partner violence for the first time.

The chair of the independent committee, Myra Freeman, said Monday that the province is in better shape than in 2020, but some say more needs to be done to address the culture of violence.

“Whether people like it or not, we have to note that the findings found that this all sparked off because of an incident of intimate partner violence, which was a massive red flag,” said Liz Leclair, an advocate who speaks out against gender-based violence.

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