Class Actions



20/10/2021

Abuse and Mistreatment at the Notre-Dame de la Route Residence in Louvicourt

Chief Régis Pénosway et Véronique Papatie v. Attorney General of Canada et Royal & Sun Alliance du Canada – Residence Notre-Dame de la Route in Louvicourt

This class action seeks to compensate persons who stayed at the Residence Pavillon Notre-Dame de la Route in Louvicourt between 1975 and 1991 for the psychological, physical and sexual abuse that was committed there. It also seeks to compensate immediate family for the harm they suffered as a result of the abuse.

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20/10/2021

Discrimination under the Indian Act (Beneficiaries of Bill S-3 status amendments)

Quebec Native Women Inc. and Isabelle Paillé v. Attorney General of Canada – Beneficiaries of Bill S-3 status amendments

This class action seeks to compensate individuals subject to the Indian Act AND covered by the ‘double-mother’ rule…

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20/10/2021

Provincial, public or religious Day Schools on Reserve

J. J. v. Attorney General of Quebec – Provincial Day Schools located on reserve

This class action seeks to compensate people subjected to the Indian Act who, between 1906 and 2014, attended a provincial, territorial, public or religious Aboriginal Day School located in an aboriginal community (reserve or indian settlement), as well as their family members, for the psychological, physical and sexual abuse committed there. It also seeks the award of punitive damages.

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20/10/2021

Placement in Boarding Homes by the Government of Canada

Percival et al. v. His Majesty the King(T-1417-18) – Boarding Homes

This class action seeks to compensate individuals placed with a family by the government of Canada, for the purpose of attending elementary or secondary school (whether in an Aboriginal or urban community), as well as their family members, for the psychological, physical and sexual abuse committed there.

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22/02/2022

Imposed sterilizations at the CISSS de Lanaudière (Joliette Hospital)

U.T. et M.X. c. Richard Monday et al.

This class action seeks to compensate the Atikamekw women who, since 190, have undergone a surgical procedure that affected their fertility at the CISSS de Lanaudière (Joliette Hospital) without having given their free and informed consent, in particular because of systemic discrimination, as well as their relatives who have suffered damages as indirect victims (spouses, […]

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