Ottawa contests the claim did not disclose any cause of action or satisfy other certification requirements
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.A class action lawsuit involving Indigenous people who allege they were assaulted while they were held in custody or detained by RCMP officers in the territories was certified in Federal Court on Wednesday.
The certification is taking place during a period of greater discussion of systemic racism among police officers in Canada, particularly within its national police force. Last year, some Indigenous leaders called for RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki to resign after she said in interviews that she “struggled” with determining whether systemic racism existed in the force. She later said, in a public statement, that she regretted not stating definitively that racism is present in the RCMP.
The government’s position was that the claim did not disclose any cause of action or satisfy other certification requirements. Refusing certification would not preclude any individual litigants from alleging negligence in individual cases, the government added in its filings. The report contained 42 recommendations that the committee said are aimed at reforming Canadian policing to “ensure that all Canadians can access police services free from racism and other forms of discrimination.”
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