Prime Minister Mark Carney has cancelled his planned trip to Germany for a world security conference within the wake of the deadly mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., his office confirmed Wednesday.
The Prime Minister’s Office statement also said Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree and Housing Minister Gregor Robertson might be in Tumbler Ridge on Wednesday to guide the federal response to Tuesday’s deadly shooting.
“The Prime Minister is remaining within the National Capital Region at the moment, and we will confirm that previously announced travel for the approaching days has been cancelled,” the Prime Minister’s Office said in an announcement at noon eastern time.
Carney was as a consequence of travel to the Munich Security Conference on Wednesday evening after being expected to announce his government’s defence industrial strategy at an event in Halifax.
That announcement has been postponed until a later date, the PMO said.
Within the immediate wake of Tuesday’s shooting, Carney’s office had initially said his planned travel abroad had been suspended “in the interim.”
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The Munich Security Conference is a key annual gathering for world leaders to debate defence issues. Carney was originally as a consequence of stay in Munich until Sunday.
The PMO said Wednesday that Defence Minister David McGuinty, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon will travel to Munich on Carney’s behalf while the prime minister stays in Ottawa.
Nine people were killed within the Tumbler Ridge attack, including six individuals who were found dead contained in the town’s secondary school and a seventh victim who died while being airlifted to hospital. Two other victims were found dead in a residence.
The suspected shooter was found dead with a self-inflicted injury, police said.
Carney told reporters in Ottawa on Wednesday that flags on federal buildings might be lowered to half-mast for seven days in honour of the victims.
“We’ll get through this, we are going to learn from this, but straight away it’s a time to return together, as Canadians all the time do in these situations — these terrible situations — to support one another, to mourn together and to grow together,” he said.
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