Thank you to the Board of Health for bringing a Public Health lens to the issue of community violence. It is a complex issue and demands a broader response than what we have seen so far. Our group believes that Public Health is the right frame.

OTTAWA - The new federal minister responsible for tackling gun violence says he has been in touch with Toronto's mayor and police chief to discuss Sunday's deadly shooting in the city and how Ottawa can support efforts to stop a growing wave of incidents rattling Torontonians.

In the final moments of a mass shooting on a crowded Toronto street, attacker Faisal Hussain came face to face with a frightened resident. Armed with a handgun and moments from his own death, he told the man his life would be spared