07/27/2021
On March 26, 2021, Justice McDonald of the Federal Court of Canada ordered that this case be certified as a national class action.
The Court appointed Ms. Sylvie Corriveau as representative plaintiff, and Kim Spencer McPhee Barristers P.C. as Class Counsel to represent the national class, which is defined as:
(a) all persons who underwent an Applicant’s Examination by a Designated Physician (the “Class”);
(b) all individuals who are entitled to assert a claim pursuant to the Family Law Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. F.3, and equivalent or comparable legislation in other provinces and territories (the “Family Class”); and
(c) excluded from the Class are individuals whose Applicant’s Examination occurred when they were members of the Class certified in Janet Merlo and Linda Gillis Davidson v Her Majesty the Queen, Court File T-1685-16 or Tiller v Her Majesty the Queen, Court File T-1673-17 and individuals who are or were, at the time of their Applicant’s Examination, able to grieve under s. 208 of the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations Act, SC 2003, c 22, s 2.
For more information, or to read the Court's reasons and order, please visit www.rcmpdoctorsclassaction.com
