The Globe and Mail PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer Handout Veterans Affairs Canada has refused to disclose to an inquiry its internal review of how it handled the tragic case of Lionel Desmond, the Afghanistan war veteran from Nova Scotia who fatally shot three family members and himself in 2017. The provincial fatality inquiry has been told by federal lawyers the review is beyond the inquiry’s terms of reference – an assertion that raises questions about the inquiry’s ability to determine what happened and how to prevent similar tragedies.