The settlement is not be construed as an admission of liability on the part of Canada. On consent of the parties, on November 25, 2019, the Federal Court certified the lawsuits as class proceedings and approved a settlement agreement that provides compensation to current and former members the Canadian Armed Forces (“CAF”) and current and former employees of the DND/SNPF who experienced Sexual Misconduct. In 20 seven former members of the Canadian Armed Forces (the “Representative Plaintiffs”) initiated class action lawsuits (“Heyder and Beattie Class Actions”) against the Government of Canada (“Canada”) alleging sexual harassment, sexual assault or discrimination based on sex, gender, gender identity or sexual orientation (“Sexual Misconduct”) in connection with their military service and/or employment with the Department of National Defence (“DND”) and/or Staff of the Non-Public Funds, Canadian Forces (“SNPF”). If you experienced sexual harassment, sexual assault or discrimination based on your sex, gender, gender identity or sexual orientation while serving in the Canadian Armed Forces or while employed for the Department of National Defence or for the Staff of the Non-Public Funds, Canadian Forces, you may be eligible for a compensation from this class action settlement. The changes undertaken reflect the seriousness with which the company takes these issues. Affected class members have been notified.Įpiq Canada has implemented new procedures to ensure this does not happen again and has taken the appropriate disciplinary action.Įpiq Canada deeply regrets these circumstances, which do not reflect its proven track record of service and extends its apologies to the parties in the case and affected class members. At no point did Epiq Canada disclose information to anyone outside of the class. The vast majority of the information involved included name, email address, and/or claimant ID mistakenly sent to another claimant. Epiq Canada took immediate action to restrict access to the information, initiate an extensive investigation, and implement appropriate disciplinary measures.Įpiq Canada has confirmed that information was inadvertently disclosed for a total of 109 claimants. (“Epiq Canada”) learned in early 2022 that a limited amount of data related to the CAF-DND Sexual Misconduct Class Action Settlement was inadvertently disclosed. 224īC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Territories Acheson Sweeney Foley Sahota LLP 25Įpiq Class Action Services Canada Inc. Ontario Koskie Minsky LLP (Toronto) Email: 1 (888) 502-7455 Class counsel are preparing additional materials to help class members with this process, and are available to answer any questions you may have.
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Please contact class counsel in your region as soon as possible if you have questions about how to make a late claim request.
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If you already provided an explanation for why your claim was late when you submitted it, you may want to update that explanation to show how you satisfy the test set out above. In order for us as the Administrator to consider whether to accept your late claim, you must provide reasons to us setting out how you believe you meet the above test. Please note that since the deadline falls on a Sunday (February 5, 2023), requests to file late claims will be accepted until Februat 11:59 p.m. The deadline set by the court to submit a late claim is February 5, 2023. The Court also noted that “the failure to establish one of the preceding criteria is not determinative as the real test is ultimately that justice be done between the parties”, but that “it will ordinarily be necessary for the claimant’s explanation to account for the totality of the delay, up to and including the date on which the claim is submitted”. The Court has decided that the Administrator shall accept late claims submitted after the final claims deadline of January 23, 2022, if the claimant establishes: (1) a continuing intention to pursue the matter (2) the claim has some merit (3) no prejudice arises from the delay and (4) there is a reasonable explanation for the delay. The Court has made a decision respecting late claims which can be found here. To: Potential Late Claimants of the CAF-DND Sexual Misconduct Class Action CAF-DND Sexual Misconduct Class Action Settlement
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