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Amnesty International Canada granted request to deliver arguments in multi-billion-dollar Black class action lawsuit against feds

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Ketty Nivyabandi, secretary general of Amnesty International Canada's English-speaking branch, left, and Nicholas Marcus Thompson, one of the representative class members in the class-action lawsuit against the federal government. Dave Chan photograph courtesy of Ketty Nivyabandi, photograph courtesy of Twitter

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE

February 26, 2024

In a multi-billion-dollar lawsuit brought against the government on the part of Black federal public servants alleging discriminatory hiring and advancement practices within the public service, Federal Court Associate Chief Justice Jocelyne Gagné has grante...

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