Consequences
The shooting caused an unprecedented uproar in Toronto and Canada in general. While Canada had 596 murders in 1994 the crime occurred "within minutes of virtually every national media outlet in the country", and the cold blooded murder of a woman is rare. As a result more than 3,000 people attended her funeral. The outcry led to a call for many political changes. Some called for a return of capital punishment, others for increased gun control.
When it was discovered that the attackers were Jamaican citizens, though they had arrived in Canada as children, editorials in the Toronto Sun and in other media outlets called for tougher immigration laws. New rules were brought in making it easier to deport non-citizens who committed crimes.
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