Canada: Ottawa backed away from commitment to approve child welfare lawsuit, lawyer says
CBC News – January 25, 2020
Ottawa is balking at a pledge to consent to the certification of a proposed class action lawsuit over First Nation child welfare – less than two months after the justice and Indigenous services ministers publicly said the federal government wanted to settle the case, according to one of the lawyers on the file. Justice Canada informed lawyers handling the proposed class action via email Thursday evening that Ottawa was not ready to consent to the certification of the lawsuit, said David Sterns, a lawyer with Toronto-based Sotos LLP, one of three firms handling the litigation.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/ottawa-lawsuit-children-1.5440349