Effective immediately, all female public service employees (PSEs) who suffered gender or sexual orientation-based harassment or discrimination while working in an RCMP workplace between September 19, 1974 and July 5, 2019 may be eligible for compensation under the Tiller Class … Read More
Broken Dreams Broken Lives
This article was originally posted on the Merlo Davidson website by Guy Versailles. You can read it here. In his final report released today, the Honourable Michel Bastarache, C.C., Q.C., appointed to administer the Merlo Davidson RCMP Class-Action Settlement Agreement, recommends … Read More
$100M RCMP class-action team hears ‘horrifying’ stories of abuse and rape but claimant numbers low
This news article was originally posted on CBC on Nov 18, 2020, by Meghan Grant. You can read it here. With a January deadline looming, only a fraction of the women expected to register claims have come forward to be … Read More
Why Does The Legal System Retraumatize Victims? Trauma-Informed Care is Needed
This article was originally posted on Canadian Lawyer Mag on 14 Aug 2020. Lawyers need to be cognizant that clients can come from many traumatizing circumstances, writes Jill Taylor Before my legal career, I was a registered nurse for 14 … Read More