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Nunavik class action lawsuit overview:
- Who: A judge has certified a class action lawsuit alleging Nunavik crime victims were excluded from a compensation program.
- Why: The judge agreed that Nunavik was disproportionately represented in the program and that crime victims in the region were not supported by authorities.
- Where: The Nunavik class action lawsuit was filed in Quebec Superior Court.
A Quebec Superior Court judge has certified a class action lawsuit alleging people in Nunavik, the Inuit region of northern Quebec, were excluded from Quebec’s crime victims’ compensation program.
The Indemnisation des victimes d’actes criminel (IVAC) is a program that allows crime victims to apply for compensation related to the crime, such as lost income, child care, medication, or counseling.
The Nunavik class action lawsuit alleges that of the 7,000 IVAC applicants who received compensation between 2013 and 2019, Nunavik residents were disproportionately represented.
Crime victims from the other regions reportedly received compensation at a level that was proportional to their populations while Nunavik residents were compensated “in an objectively infinitesimal number and disproportionate to the provincial average in terms of the number of crimes against the person that have been reported in this territory,” Quebec Superior Court Judge Lukasz Granosik said in the Dec. 1 judgment.
The Nunavik class action lawsuit notes that there were only 86 instances of IVAC compensation in the region. If compensation in Nunavik was granted at the same percentage as the rest of the province, approximately 3,000 crime victims should have received compensation, the plaintiff alleges.
Nunavik class action says plaintiff was not informed about IVAC program
The Nunavik class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of Raven Gordon-Kawapit, a crime victim whose four attackers were found guilty in court. She claims that she was never even told about IVAC and did not learn about it until 2021 when she consulted a private lawyer about the possibility of suing her attackers.
Class members of the Nunavik lawsuit include individuals who were victims of crimes against the person in Nunavik since March 1, 1972 who reported the crime to authorities but were not supported by “the state and its representatives in order to benefit from the state compensation scheme provided for in the Crime Victims Compensation Act.”
The Nunavik class action lawsuit seeks $1,000 in moral damages for each class member and $10,000 in damages for the alleged infringement on their rights.
What do you think about the Nunavik class action lawsuit’s allegations that crime victims in the region were excluded from IVAC compensation? Join the discussion in the comments!
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One thought on Quebec judge greenlights class action from Nunavik crime victims
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