Hi everyone, Mark Iype in Alberta today. Wendy Cox will be back next week.

Last week, the independent commission set up by the province after the deadly vehicle attack at a Filipino street festival in Vancouver made its recommendations on how to improve safety at public events in B.C.

The Commission of Inquiry into Community Events Safety was created in the wake of the April 26 attack on the Lapu-Lapu Day block party that left 11 people dead and injured dozens more.

Among the safety recommendations was that the province mandate risk assessments for all such gatherings.

“This assessment need not be complex, but it should be thoughtful, structured, and appropriate to the scale and nature of the event,” the report said.

The commission, led by former B.C. Supreme Court chief justice Christopher Hinkson, also said jurisdictional roles must be clear and training around how to handle similar incidents needs to be improved.

It also recommended that the province increase the availability of targeted funding for event-related safety and security costs, help bolster collaboration between event organizers and emergency services, and promote “after-action” reports to evaluate safety outcomes at the conclusion of public events.

Terry Yung, Minister of State of Community Safety, said the province accepts the recommendations in principle but he offered no timeline on when they would be implemented.

“We fully accept the intent of all the recommendations; we just have to work out what are the practical guidelines, to work with our partners,” he told reporters last Wednesday.

The commission reviewed provincial and municipal planning materials; consulted with municipalities, police services, regional districts, Indigenous representatives and event organizers; and sought expert advice from a forensic psychiatrist on violence predictability in public spaces.

The report included a risk assessment framework and an event safety plan template that the minister said could be used immediately.

Crystal Laderas, spokesperson for Lapu-Lapu Day event organizer Filipino BC, said the group would need more time to review the report before commenting. The organization was not consulted by the commission, she said.

Adam Lo has been in custody since he was detained by bystanders at the scene and then arrested. He has been charged with eight counts of second-degree murder. Vancouver police have said more charges are likely.

Lo has a two-day hearing, scheduled for next week, to determine whether he is mentally fit to stand trial.

A separate preliminary review of the Lapu-Lapu Day attack by the Vancouver Police Department and the City of Vancouver, released in May, found that all necessary precautions had been taken in planning the event.

The final municipal report is expected in August.

This is the weekly British Columbia newsletter written by B.C. Editor Wendy Cox. If you’re reading this on the web, or it was forwarded to you from someone else, you can sign up for it and all Globe newsletters here.