Tumbler Ridge victims deserve better than this

Sharan Kaur served as the deputy chief of staff for former Liberal finance minister Bill Morneau and is currently a principal at Navigator. The sirens have faded, but the searing emptiness left by the horrific shooting in Tumbler Ridge remains. We are left staring at the shattered remnants of lives cut short—neighbours, friends, family—whose only crime was to be present when violence abruptly took nine innocent lives and wounded many others. This moment should be sacred, reserved for mourning, for the quiet, agonizing work of honouring the lost and supporting survivors whose worlds have been irrevocably broken. Yet even as…