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More than 520 plaintiffs now part of Black public servants’ $900-million class-action lawsuit against government, as feds enlist Bay Street law firm

From claims of harassment, to allegations of discrimination around promotions, hundreds of plaintiffs from multiple departments and agencies have joined the class-action lawsuit following decades of federal government behaviour that the suit's leading lawyer calls an 'atrocity'.

Lawyer Courtney Betty, left, national security expert Huda Mukbil, former senator Don Oliver, and NDP MP Matthew Green. Mr. Betty says 'we're now getting geared up on the premise that the government is prepared to have these individuals relive their horror, and tell their stories,' with Ms. Mukbil saying the stories that are emerging as a function of this lawsuit is 'really the tip of the iceberg.' Photograph courtesy of Courtney Betty, photograph courtesy of Huda Mukbil, The Hill Times file photograph, The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE

Plus, NDP MP Alistair MacGregor named caucus chair, Huda Mukbil joins Black Class Action Secretariat advisory board, NDP MP Daniel Blaikie says farewell to the House, Phil von Finckenstein writes for The Glebe Report, Tory MP Luc Berthold celebrates hometown newspaper, Liberal MP Irek Kusmierczyk recently joined Unifor workers on picket line at Jamieson Vitamins, and Super Tuesday comes to Ottawa.

Task force recommends ‘historic’ changes to Employment Equity Act as Black, 2SLGBTQI+ people to be considered as new designated groups

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Leading lawyer for a multi-billion class action lawsuit against the federal government Courtney Betty says 'the implications for the Black community is really the point of transformation that the community needs right now.'

Task force recommends ‘historic’ changes to Employment Equity Act as Black, 2SLGBTQI+ people to be considered as new designated groups

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

Leading lawyer for a multi-billion class action lawsuit against the federal government Courtney Betty says 'the implications for the Black community is really the point of transformation that the community needs right now.'

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