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Public Safety Minister Vic Toews is expected to announce a federal emergency response plot on Monday in Ottawa, four months after being criticized by the auditor general for not having one.

The minister will make an announcement at 10:30 a.m. ET at the Canadian Emergency Management College in Ottawa.

Last November, Auditor General Sheila Fraser said Public Safety Canada — the agency responsible for co-ordinating the federal response to crises — had not completed its emergency plot.

The agency didn’t have the authority to co-ordinate other federal departments, provinces and territories because its plot had yet to be endorsed by the federal government. It has since been approved by cabinet.

In recent years, Canada has endured wide-scale emergencies including the current H1N1 pandemic and the 2003 SARS outbreak.

With files from The Canadian Press

Dave Burns, shown in this yearbook photo, was convicted of manslaughter in 1974. (CBC)

The alleged gunman in an apparent murder-suicide at an Edmonton car dealership Friday was convicted of killing a teenager in the 1970s.

According to the Winnipeg Free Press, Dave Burns pleaded guilty to manslaughter after the fatal stabbing of Garvin Dale Inglis, 18, at a party in Winnipeg in 1974.

The report says the two fought over a spilled drink. Burns, 19 at the time, was sentenced to four years in prison.

Co-workers have identified Burns, 55, as the gunman in a fatal shooting at the Fantastic West Chrysler dealership near Stony Plain Road and 178th Street on Friday.

Police have not identified the shooter or the victims, but they do say a man with a gun walked into the dealership at about 7:50 a.m. MT and opened fire.

He shot two people, killing one and wounding another, before turning the gun on himself.

Garth Inglis, the cousin of Garvin Dale Inglis, told CBC News Burns should not have been walking the street.

“It just upset us all that the guy got away with [killing my cousin] and didn’t get punished for it. Like, to get a couple of years for going home, getting a knife coming back and killing another person and you only serve about two years in jail, like, there was no justice,” he said.

“If they hadda punished him the way he should have been punished he wouldn’t have been able to do it again. That guy in Edmonton, that more than likely didn’t do anything incorrect, would still be alive.”

Garvin Dale Inglis, shown in this yearbook photo, was stabbed to death by Dave Burns in 1974. (CBC)Sources have identified the dealership’s parts manager, Garth Radons, as the person who was killed. His wife was one of the first police officers on scene and it’s believed she found his body.

The second victim is in critical condition in hospital.

Co-workers say Burns was recently suspended for making racial comments.

The dealership was to remain closed over the weekend. It was expected to reopen Monday.

Autopsies on the victim and the suspect are scheduled for Monday.

Canada’s Adam Dixon, right, scores against Sweden goalie Ulf Nilsson on Sunday. (Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press)

Scoring was the last thing on Greg Westlake’s mind as the Canadian sledge hockey player dumped the puck into the opposing zone, his team down two skaters after back-to-back penalties.

But the way the Vancouver Paralympics have been going for the Oakville, Ont., native even that 3-on-5 dump-in couldn’t help but find its way into the back of the net.

Westlake scored three goals and added two assists as Canada pounded Sweden 10-1 on Sunday. With the dominating performance, Westlake leads all tournament scorers with five goals and seven points.

“I want to win gold and that’s why I’m here. I’m going to bear down and do everything in my power to win a gold medal,” Westlake said after the game.

Westlake gave Canada a 2-1 first-period lead when he finished off a pretty three-way passing play with Todd Nicholson and Billy Bridges.

He scored his second goal two minutes into the second period when he took a cross-seam feed from Adam Dixon and one-timed the puck past Swedish goaltender Ulf Nilsson.

Westlake completed his hat trick while on the penalty kill eight minutes later.

He was carrying the puck in the neutral zone when a Swedish defender blocked his path and forced Westlake to chip it in.

The puck was going wide of the Swedish net but Nilsson lunged toward it anyway, the black disc careening off his glove, changing direction and going into the cage, much to the surprise of Westlake and the 5,504 people in attendance.

“I just want to delight in the experience,” Westlake said. “I’m having a blast. I reckon you play your best hockey when you’re having fun.”

Jeff Snyder, the Canadian team’s head coach, called Westlake the best player on the ice after the Canucks knocked off Italy 4-0 in their first Paralympic game on Saturday.

The coach was just as glowing with his praise one day later.

“I thought he was really excellent at taking the man, being physical, but really getting himself open in shooting areas,” Snyder said.

“I sometimes say he’s like [former National Hockey League player] Brett Hull in that he finds that open space on the ice. We’re giving him the puck and he’s burying them right now.”

With the win over Sweden, Canada improved to 2-0 at the Vancouver Paralympics. Next up for the Canadian side will be Norway, whom they beat in the gold medal game in Turin in 2006.

Westlake was a member of that team as a 19-year-ancient and also has a gold medal from the 2008 sledge hockey world championship.

Huge goals are nothing new for the Canadian forward. He scored in the gold medal game at the 2006 Paralympics and had the game-winner with just eight seconds to go in the world championship final.

Westlake first picked up sledge hockey in 2001 and debuted with Team Canada in 2003.

He had both his legs amputated when he was 18 months ancient but always showed a passion for the game, wearing artificial legs when he was a kid so he could line up against his brothers.

His favourite hockey player is Calgary Flames superstar Jarome Iginla and Westlake says that’s one of the reasons why he wears No. 12 on the ice.

“I’ve always respected the fact that Iginla can play a mean game, he can fight, he can do all of those things but then off the ice he’s just a super nice guy,” he said.

“That’s kind of the niche I want to carve out for myself. I’m not a terrible guy out on the ice. I’ll have a beer with any of the guys we play against.”

One day after the Canadian team received a pre-game excellent luck phone call from hockey legend Steve Yzerman, it was another legend, Mark Messier, who offered some words of wisdom before the tilt with Sweden.

Marc Dorion also registered a hat trick for Canada against Sweden and has four goals in the tournament, one behind Westlake.

Adam Dixon and Brad Bowden had two goals each, and Billy Bridges picked up four assists.

Goaltender Benoit St-Amand didn’t register a save in the Canadian net for the first two periods of the game. St-Amand gave up a goal on the only first-period shot that came his way and didn’t have to stop a puck in the second.

He finished up making two saves.