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Michaëlle Jean Foundation calls on feds to settle multi-billion-dollar Black class action lawsuit

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Former governor general Michaëlle Jean and the Michaëlle Jean Foundation have called on the federal government to settle a multi-billion-dollar class action lawsuit launched in 2020 alleging decades of discrimination against Black public servants. The Hill Times file photograph

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE

August 9, 2023

Canada’s 27th governor general, Michaëlle Jean and her eponymous foundation have called on the federal government to settle a multi-billion-dollar class action lawsuit filed by current and former Black public service workers alleging decades of...

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