Settlement discussions to occur in Canadian Armed Forces sexual assault, harassment and gender based discrimination class actions

TORONTO and OTTAWA, Feb. 23, 2018 /CNW/ - The plaintiffs in class actions on behalf of survivors of sexual assault, sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination in the Canadian Armed Forces announce that the Government of Canada has agreed to commence settlement discussions in these matters. In order to facilitate these discussions, the parties are jointly requesting that the Federal Court adjourn the motions for certification, which were scheduled to proceed on July 9, 2018, until February 2019.

Class actions on behalf of survivors of sexual assault, sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination in the Canadian Armed Forces were commenced in late 2016 and early 2017 in Toronto, Ottawa, Halifax, Quebec City and Victoria. The plaintiffs in the class actions are represented by Koskie Minsky LLP in Toronto, Raven, Cameron, Ballantyne & Yazbeck LLP/s.r.l. in Ottawa, Wagners – A Serious Injury Law Firm, in Halifax, Quessy Henry St-Hilaire, avocats in Quebec City, and Acheson Sweeney Foley Sahota LLP, in Victoria. Counsel to the plaintiffs are working together in a consortium.

SOURCE Koskie Minsky LLP

Media Contact: Jonathan Ptak, Koskie Minsky LLP, [phone], [email protected]; Class Member Contact: Toll Free: 1(888) 502-7455, Website: www.kmlaw.ca/militaryassaultclassaction, Email: [email protected]; Media Contact: Andrew Astritis, Raven, Cameron, Ballantyne and Yazbeck LLP, [phone], [email protected]; Class Member Contact: www.ravenlaw.com/armed-forces-class-action, [email protected]; Media Contact: Raymond Wagner, Wagners, [phone], [email protected]; Class Member Contact: 1 [phone], [email protected], http://www.wagners.co/current-class-actions; Media Contact: Jean-Daniel Quessy, Quessy Henry St-Hilaire, avocats, [email protected], [phone] #224; Media Contact: Rajinder Sahota, Acheson Sweeney Foley Sahota LLP, [email protected], 250.384.6262; Class Member Contact: 1 [phone], http://www.achesonlaw.ca/class-action/, [email protected]