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Prime minister Mark Carney has canceled his planned trip to Germany for a global security conference in light deadly mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, BC, his office confirmed on Wednesday.
A statement from the Prime Minister’s Office also said Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree and Housing Minister Gregor Robertson will be in Tumbler Ridge on Wednesday to lead the federal response to Tuesday’s fatal shooting.
“The Prime Minister is currently staying in the Capital Region and we can confirm that a previously announced trip for the coming days has been cancelled,” the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement at noon ET.
Carney was scheduled to travel to Munich Security Conference on Wednesday night after he was expected to announce his government’s defense industrial strategy at an event in Halifax.
That announcement has been postponed to a later date, the PMO said.
In the immediate aftermath of Tuesday’s shooting, Carney’s office said his planned foreign trip was “immediately” suspended.
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The Munich Security Conference is a key annual gathering of world leaders to discuss defense issues. Carney was originally supposed to stay in Munich until Sunday.
The PMO said Wednesday that Defense 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 remains in Ottawa.
Nine people were killed in the Tumbler Ridge attack, including six people who were found dead at the town’s high school and a seventh victim who died while being airlifted to a hospital. Two other victims were found dead in the house.
The suspected attacker was found dead with a self-inflicted wound, police said.
Carney told reporters in Ottawa on Wednesday that flags on federal buildings would be flown at half-staff for seven days to honor the victims.
“We will get through this, we will learn from this, but now is the time to come together, as Canadians always do in situations like this – these terrible situations – to support each other, to grieve together and grow together,” he said.
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