Class Action Clinic lawyer Andrew Eckart provided comment in an APTN article on an uncertified $600 million class-action against northern RCMP. According to the article, the case was launched in 2018 on behalf of all First Nations, Inuit and Metis in Nunavut, N.W.T., and the Yukon who were harmed by unnecessary use of force by RCMP from 1928 until now.
“One of the goals of class-actions is behaviour modification – to force bad actors to change their ways so that they no longer conduct themselves in ways that cause harm and by consequence, costly damages claims,” says Eckart.
“If the courts agree that the RCMP conducted itself unlawfully, the class-action will not only provide an avenue for class members to be appropriately compensated, but it could also lead to more progressive institutional changes leading (hopefully) to a reduction of harmful systemic racism,” he explains in an email to APTN.
Read the full article on the APTN website.