Tories committed to Air India inquiry: Toews
Last Updated: Wednesday, March 1, 2006 | 12:08 PM ET
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Justice Minister Vic Toews said the Tories will implement a probe as quickly as possible.
But he said it will be up to Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day to determine the timeline and framework of the inquiry.
Toews added that he's curious, in a legal sense, to see how the investigation and prosecution into the 1985 bombings were conducted.
Justice Minister Vic Toews. (File Photo)
Relatives of the 329 people killed when Air India Flight 182 exploded off the coast of Ireland en route from Toronto to India via London have long called for a public inquiry.
Those calls became more heated when two suspects in the attack were set free after a lengthy trial found them not guilty of bombing Flight 182 and planting a bomb in a suitcase loaded aboard another Air India flight in June 1985.
The second bomb killed two baggage handlers when it exploded at Japan's Narita airport.
- FROM NOV. 23, 2005: Ottawa asks Rae to head Air India inquiry
Last November, the federal government accepted former Ontario premier Bob Rae's recommendation to hold a focused inquiry into the bombings.
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