In April 2020, the RCMP was strongly condemned for its response to the 2020 Nova Scotia attacks, the deadliest rampage in Canadian history, as well as their transparency in the criminal investigation. CBC News' television program "The Fifth Estate" and online newspaper "Halifax Examiner" analyzed the timeline of events, and both observed a myriad of failures and shortcomings in the RCMP response. A criminologist criticised the RCMP's response as "a mess" and called for an overhaul in how the agency responds to active shooter situations, after they had failed to properly respond to other such incidents in the past.