Federal Court Final Settlement Agreement
FEDERAL COURT Proposed Class Proceedings Court File No.: T-2111-16 SHERRY HEYDER, AMY GRAHAM and NADINE SCHULTZ-NIELSEN Plaintiffs - and - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA Defendant Court File No.: T-460-17 LARRY BEATTIE Plaintiff - and - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA Defendant FINAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WHEREAS: A. Some members of the Canadian Armed Forces ("CAF") have experienced sexual harassment, sexual assault, and/or discrimination on the grounds of sex, gender, gender identity or sexual orientation in connection with their military service; B. Some public service employees appointed under the Public Service Employment Act to positions in the Department of National Defence (“DND”), and some employees of the Staff of the Non-Public Funds, Canadian Forces (“SNPF”), have also experienced sexual Page 1 of 280 harassment, sexual assault, and/or discrimination on the grounds of sex, gender, gender identity or sexual orientation in connection with their employment in the Military Workplace; C. In 2016 and 2017, proposed class proceedings were commenced against Canada in the Federal Court of Canada, the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, the British Columbia Superior Court, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and the Quebec Superior Court in connection with this Sexual Misconduct. Those proceedings have been stayed on consent or by order, or have been held in abeyance, while this proposed class action by Sherry Heyder, Amy Graham and Nadine Schultz-Nielsen (the “Heyder Class Action”), and this proposed class action by Larry Beattie (the “Beattie Class Action”), have been pursued together in the Federal Court (together, the “Heyder and Beattie Class Actions”) on behalf of all four representative plaintiffs (together, the “Plaintiffs”).
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