Class Action Against the Attorney General of Canada: $23.34 Billion Settlement Reached With Federal Government to Compensate First Nations Youth and Their Families
Update: October 23, 2024 – Settlement of Class Action
Kugler Kandestin is very pleased to announce that a $23.34 billion settlement has been reached regarding the Millenium Scoop and Jordan’s Principle class actions. This settlement promises compensation to First Nations youth who, as a result of a systemically underfunded First Nations child welfare system, were removed from their homes on reserves and placed into out-of-home care. It will also compensate First Nations youth who were denied, delayed, or experienced gaps in the receipt of an essential public service or product in violation of Jordan’s Principle. In addition, the settlement will provide compensation to certain family members of the removed children and those whose Jordan’s Principle rights were breached.
Kugler Kandestin collaborated with Sotos LLP and Miller Titerle+ in the context of a national consortium, which also involved Nahwegahbow, Corbiere and Fasken Dumoulin LLP, representing a group of representative plaintiffs.
As the parties work toward finalizing the claims process, you can stay connected for further details by registering for updates on the dedicated class action website.
The attorneys handling this class action are:
| Robert Kugler rkugler@kklex.com Toll-free 1-866-857-7047 | Pierre Boivin pboivin@kklex.com Toll-free 1-866-857-7047 |
Your communications with us are free and will be kept strictly confidential.
Kugler Kandestin is pleased to announce that the Federal Court of Canada has certified a national class action against the Attorney General of Canada which Kugler Kandestin is handling on behalf of hundreds of thousands of First Nations children and families. Kugler Kandestin is working together with Sotos LLP and Miller Titerle + Company on this case.
The judgment allows the filing of a class action that will claim billions of dollars of compensation for First Nations children and families.
Kugler Kandestin and Sotos LLP have filed a class action in Federal Court on behalf of First Nations youth who have been the victims of the federal government’s discriminatory underfunding of First Nations child and family services.
The class action seeks compensatory damages for on-reserve youth who have been taken into foster homes. It also seeks compensatory damages for First Nations youth, whether on or off reserve, who have been denied or delayed receipt of health and social services and products because of the Crown’s narrow application of Jordan’s Principle.
Jordan’s Principle is a legal rule that requires the federal government to pay for and deliver health and social services to First Nations youth on a level substantively equal to non-First Nations youth. This principle also provides that the federal government cannot deny or delay these services and/or products on the grounds that it is the responsibility of the provincial government or some other federal department.
To learn about your rights, we encourage you to speak with one of our lawyers if the following has occurred to a First Nations youth:
- You or someone you know has been denied or delayed receipt of health and social services or products from the federal government; or
- You or someone you know is or has been placed in a foster home and previously lived on a reserve or whose parents or parent lived on a reserve.