The Federal Court of Appeal will hear the appeal in Thompson et al. v. His Majesty the King on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. in Toronto. The appeal concerns the Federal Court’s decision in Thompson v. Canada, 2025 FC 1476, which granted Canada’s motion to strike the claim, dismissed the plaintiffs’ motion for certification and stayed certain claims in favour of other proposed class actions. The Federal Court reached this decision despite acknowledging the “profoundl

Counsel for the plaintiffs Hugh Scher, with Nicholas Marcus Thompson and Bernadeth Betchi at a press conference in Ottawa. April 22, 2025...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 13, 2025 – TORONTO After a 13-day hearing that concluded in November 2024, Justice Jocelyn Gagné of the...