Court File and Parties
COURT FILE NO.: CV-15-53262500-CP
DATE: 20231222
ONTARIO
SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE
SUPERIOR COURT (Class Action Division)
CANADA
PROVINCE OF QUÉBEC
DISTRICT OF MONTRÉAL
No.: 500-06-000781-167
Between:
CHRISTOPHER BRAZEAU and DAVID KIFT
Plaintiffs
- and -
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA
Defendant
Proceeding under the Class Proceedings Act, 1992
Between:
ARLENE GALLONE
Plaintiff
c.
PROCUREUR GÉNÉRAL DU CANADA
Defendant
And Between:
COURT FILE NO.: CV-17-570771-00CP
JULLIAN JORDEA REDDOCK
Plaintiff
- and -
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA
Defendant
Proceeding under the Class Proceeding Act, 1992
Date hearing/d'audience: In writing
Counsel:
James Sayce and Gerry Antman for the Plaintiffs in Brazeau and Kift v. Attorney General of Canada
H. Michael Rosenberg, Jacob Klugsberg and Adam H. Kanji for the Plaintiff in Reddock v. Attorney General of Canada
André Lespérance and Marianne Dagenais-Lespérance for the Demanderesse in Gallone c. Procureur Général du Canada
Negar Hashemi, Éric Lafrenière, and Lucan Gregory for the Defendant ou Défenderesse in: (a) Brazeau and Kift v. Attorney General of Canada; (b) Reddock v. Attorney General of Canada; and (c) Gallone c. Procureur Général du Canada
REASONS FOR DECISION/JUGEMENT – Part 8
MASSE, J. and PERELL, J.
A. Introduction
[1] Pursuant to the Class Proceedings Act, 1992,[^1] Justice Paul Perell of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice is case managing the Ontario class actions, Brazeau v. Canada (Attorney General) and Reddock v. Canada (Attorney General).
[2] Pursuant to the Québec Code of Civil Procedure,[^2] Justice Chantal Masse, of the Superior Court of Québec is case managing the Québec class action, Gallone c. Canada (Attorney General).[^3]
[3] This is Part 8 of our jointly written decision or judgment in Brazeau, Reddock, and Gallone. While it is a jointly written decision, it may and should be read as separate decisions of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and of the Superior Court of Québec.
[4] The motion now before the court is a made on consent for a direction or a variation to the Distribution and Issues Protocol. The parties seek an Order in the form of the Order attached as Schedule A.
[5] We approve the issuance of the requested Order.
Masse, J.
Perell, J.
December 22, 2023
Schedule “A”
Ontario Court File Nos.: CV-15-532625-00CP; CV-17-570771-00CP
Quebec Court File No.: 500-06-000781-167
ONTARIO SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE AND COUR SUPERIEURE DU QUÉBEC Chambre des actions collectives
THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE PERELL
THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE MASSE
______________, THE ___
DAY OF DECEMBER, 2023
BETWEEN:
CHRISTOPHER BRAZEAU and DAVID KIFT
Plaintiffs
- and -
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA
Defendant
Proceeding under the Class Proceedings Act, 1992
AND BETWEEN:
JULLIAN JORDEA REDDOCK
Plaintiffs
- and -
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA
Defendant
Proceeding under the Class Proceedings Act, 1992
AND BETWEEN:
GALLONE
Plaintiff
- and -
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA
Defendant
Proceedings under the Quebec Code of civil procedure
ORDER (LATE CLAIMS)
ON READING the motion record of the Plaintiffs and the consent of the parties,
THESE COURTS ORDER THAT The class members listed in Appendix 1 filed a claim after November 7, 2022 - the end of the claims period - and before March 7, 2023 - the end of the extended period to make a late claim. These class members are granted leave to file late claims since they met the reasons requirement of paragraph 7.2 of the Individual Issues Protocol (IIP).
The class members listed in Appendix 1, section 1 have at least one placement in administrative segregation of more than 15 consecutive days on or after March 3, 2011. These class members will be entitled to receive $5,469.85 (inclusive of all prejudgment interest and no further interest). Epiq, the claims Administrator, and Correctional Service of Canada will be responsible for transferring $5,469.85 to these class members pursuant to the process and deadlines set forth at paragraph 3.13 of the IIP. That amount is the equivalent to what class members who made their claim on time before November 7, 2022, and who had at least one placement of more than 15 consecutive days on or after March 3, 2011, received pursuant to paragraph 1.3(j) of the IIP. The class members listed in Appendix 1, section 1, will also have $8,411.23 credited toward their final award pursuant to paragraph 10.40 of the IIP if they make a Track 2 claim (or deemed to have made a Track 2 Box 1 claim pursuant to paragraph 8.10 of the IIP) or paragraph 11.8 of the IIP if they make a Track 3 claim. Interest will be applied once $8,411.23 has been credited towards their final award pursuant to paragraphs 10.41-10.44 and 11.9-11.11 of the IIP.
For each payment of $5,469.85 pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Order, the Defendant will pay to claimants’ counsel an additional 15% of that amount for legal fees, plus applicable taxes (if any), and 10% (inclusive of any applicable taxes) of that amount to the Ontario Class Proceedings Fund or the Fonds d’aide du Quebec. Epiq will be responsible for transferring these amounts every time a payment of $5,469.85 is made to a claimant. Counsel for the claimants will not be entitled to receive any other fees or costs with respect to the payments of $5469.85 (nor with respect to the credit amounts of $8,411.23 described in paragraph 2 of this Order) but will be entitled to fees and/or costs pursuant to paragraph 2.4 of the IIP for Track 2 claims, and paragraph 2.5 of the IIP for Track 3 claims.
The class members listed in Appendix 1, section 2 do not have any placement in administrative segregation of more than 15 consecutive days on or after March 3, 2011. These class members will not receive $5,469.85 or be subject to the process set forth in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Order. At the time of making a track selection, they will also have to comply with paragraph 8.8 of the IIP.
The class members listed in Appendix 2 filed a claim after November 7, 2022 - the end of the claims period - and before March 7, 2023 - the end of the extended period to make a late claim but have not provided any reasons pursuant to paragraph 7.2 of the IIP that would justify obtaining leave for the filing of a late claim. These claimants shall forthwith be contacted by Epiq via letter and be given 90 days to provide a reason to the Administrator for why they were unable to make a claim by the Claims Filing Deadline pursuant to paragraph 7.1(b) of the IIP. Responses by claimants must be postmarked or received by Epiq within 90 days of the date of the Epiq’s letter (90-day extension).
Counsel for the Parties shall confer with respect to any claimant who provides a reason pursuant to paragraph 5 of this Order for their claim not being filed by the Claims Filing Deadline to determine whether leave will be granted on consent to those claimants to pursue a Track 2 or Track 3 claim, as the case may be. Should the Parties consent to leave being granted, no further Order of this Court shall be required. If the Parties do not consent, the plaintiffs may bring a further motion before these Courts to seek leave for those individual claimants to be granted leave.
Any claimants listed in Appendix 2 who fail to meet the conditions set out in paragraph 5 of this Order will be deemed to have had their motion for leave to bring a late claim dismissed.
Class members listed in Appendix 2, section 1 have at least one placement of more than 15 consecutive days on or after March 3, 2011. These class members will be treated in the same manner as the class members in Appendix 1, section 1, in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Order if they comply with paragraphs 5 and 6 of this Order and are granted leave to file a late claim pursuant to paragraph 5 above. Epiq will be responsible for transferring the $5,469.85 once it has been informed by the Parties that leave has been granted.
The class members listed in Appendix 2, section 2 have no placement in administrative segregation of more than 15 consecutive days on or after March 3, 2011. If those class members comply with the 90 day extension, pursuant to paragraph 5 of this Order, the Parties will inform Epiq if leave to file those late claims is granted pursuant to paragraph 6 of this Order. Their claim will then proceed in the same manner as the class members in Appendix 1, section 2, in paragraph 4 of this Order.
Claim number 112038 is rejected since it was not submitted by the March 7, 2023 deadline.
For Appendix 1 and Appendix 2, Epiq is responsible for ensuring that the class members listed under the appropriate section of those Appendices. Any corrections necessary to ensure the accuracy of those Appendices will be made by Epiq without the need for further Court approval.
No costs will be awarded to either Party for this consent motion.
Justice Perell
Justice Masse
Appendix 1
Section 1
Claim ID
FPS Number
1
111687
375867C
2
111863
414805B
3
111860
215692E
4
111858
828042E
5
111883
453647F
6
111669
875679D
7
111686
920257D
8
111707
208380E
9
111718
629355E
10
111719
170084C
11
111801
727788A
12
111761
910823C
13
111751
384070F
14
111741
672037C
15
111562
111557C
16
111606
013483C
17
111481
727135D
18
111626
282834D
19
111625
045029D
20
111634
829303F
21
111649
335687B
22
111644
855086C
23
111647
516983E
24
111611
621179F
25
111614
802855D
26
111612
198880F
27
111781
583927F
28
111820
508512B
29
111821
044299G
30
111844
845590D
31
111834
437514E
32
111862
328495E
33
111849
872147D
34
111875
268159F
35
111772
180631F
36
111877
579496F
37
111879
868754E
38
111904
727506F
39
111919
776729E
40
111906
807342E
41
111817
829872D
42
111948
986751D
43
111927
171104F
44
111913
658899D
45
111923
372890F
46
111937
683001D
47
111945
703870E
48
111936
206298E
49
111949
246523F
50
111951
797034D
51
111956
959579D
52
111960
520126E
53
111962
735430E
54
111950
771722C
55
111993
021242E
56
112023
097148F
57
112041
133444E
58
111971
666820F
59
112005
239133D
60
111982
669927E
61
111973
602438F
62
111969
852460D
63
111976
935354D
64
111972
186423G
65
112014
575309D
66
112029
448195F
67
112011
715607E
68
112019
248838F
69
112039
809984D
70
112000
361010E
71
112003
127922F
72
112009
926460D
73
111661
140792E
74
111664
414798F
75
111660
612107E
76
111668
977848E
77
111678
985559D
78
111671
546477F
79
111672
737209E
80
111695
426408F
81
111700
830029D
82
111696
738538D
83
111714
140053D
84
111729
369589E
85
111730
050146D
86
111712
189327E
87
111715
526881E
88
111722
297169F
89
111744
379665E
90
111720
693886E
91
111731
423227E
92
111735
525091C
93
111739
823229E
94
111736
851768F
95
111737
397020F
96
111749
034195C
97
111753
399578D
98
111650
213792F
99
111758
995387D
100
111752
101923G
101
111754
285938E
102
111550
696555D
103
111565
477689C
104
111573
259342F
105
111578
271914F
106
111589
719160E
107
111594
095590F
108
111592
229167F
109
111599
904799C
110
111486
999860D
111
111484
205329E
112
111502
639628E
113
111498
974941C
114
111616
401954B
115
111618
760049D
116
111622
332024B
117
111621
857288E
118
111628
407516F
119
111629
147483E
120
111630
141649E
121
111651
231991E
122
111617
516233F
123
111770
482875E
124
111812
276393D
125
111835
592761D
126
111829
118639E
127
111832
294393D
128
111850
800627E
129
111848
306864E
130
111845
039824F
131
111867
445587E
132
111866
436732C
133
111894
417346F
134
111902
853627D
135
111881
186035D
136
111884
457978E
137
111893
194950E
138
111901
996225D
139
111900
204703F
140
111917
105771F
141
111903
755501D
142
111910
887151D
143
111914
119478E
144
111929
542694A
145
111931
012993F
146
111930
048692F
147
111934
822366F
148
111803
439301C
149
111819
794376E
150
111790
444080B
151
111798
148987E
152
111809
482072F
153
111807
444278E
154
111806
374449E
155
111985
609329D
156
111987
072036C
157
111981
527228E
158
111974
152738C
159
111991
359678G
Section 2
Claim ID
FPS Number
1
111870
258188B
2
111873
799615C
3
111693
228995D
4
111555
901873D
5
111512
143391A
6
111505
907913B
7
111645
108834C
8
111648
698086D
9
111613
172913F
10
111765
657226E
11
111836
648745F
12
111818
783202B
13
111886
490333E
14
111889
294119E
15
111768
176794E
16
111925
776482D
17
111943
776268F
18
111952
755781E
19
111992
348329E
20
111980
681589C
21
112037
484926E
22
112015
909645C
23
112008
822568E
24
112010
404030E
25
111676
792420E
26
111689
369520A
27
111679
683080D
28
111699
086838D
29
111732
722388E
30
111656
641650C
31
111524
848536B
32
111526
006781E
33
111529
664912F
34
111525
550227F
35
111520
337321A
36
111552
499869E
37
111586
988711F
38
111580
540975E
39
111503
061579F
40
111493
842528B
41
111623
308822A
42
111624
266041F
43
111641
720707B
44
111638
772998C
45
111837
712442E
46
111872
381683D
47
111888
779673F
48
111887
458856C
49
111895
540551F
50
111911
473911F
51
111983
994754C
52
111997
070370F
Appendix 2
Section 1
Claim ID
FPS Number
1
111517
136661F
2
111556
148516F
3
111636
397768F
4
111646
300402F
5
111615
392444E
6
111907
718532D
7
111918
284108F
8
111955
017095F
9
111957
649329E
10
111958
326666C
11
111966
379235E
12
111999
354094F
13
112004
926519E
14
112007
683957B
15
112017
919230E
16
112018
670193C
17
112035
114375E
18
111665
819969D
19
111692
696053D
20
111690
553344E
21
111708
919322E
22
111701
911485E
23
111710
721742B
24
111740
220466E
25
111721
208229C
26
111532
555705D
27
111533
757760D
28
111569
785101E
29
111537
322596F
30
111542
545233F
31
111547
006147F
32
111548
087217D
33
111554
752326E
34
111571
245649F
35
111575
057222D
36
111574
761829F
37
111576
569395F
38
111601
078787D
39
111598
151597B
40
111489
258998F
41
111491
507229A
42
111619
463935D
43
111620
390926E
44
111609
313583D
45
111632
617692F
46
111653
934793E
47
111767
080880E
48
111878
054779C
49
111940
801437D
50
111988
049371D
Section 2
Claim ID
FPS Number
1
111666
620791D
2
111540
042263G
3
111559
340050E
4
111584
040771D
5
111633
293932F
6
111959
915965A
7
111964
422742F
8
112040
077806D
9
111711
666199E
10
111704
764151B
11
111705
233916F
12
111724
352049D
13
111738
356231F
14
111756
446826C
15
111760
046990E
16
111684
548042C
17
111530
528136E
18
111531
195810D
19
111539
430247F
20
111566
975824F
21
111499
353530E
22
111523
003536C
23
111769
827863E
24
111771
543759E
25
111786
435183E
26
111824
670949F
27
111984
339288D
28
111986
868891C
29
111990
492024E
COURT FILE NO.: CV-15-53262500-CP
DATE: 20231222
ONTARIO
SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE
SUPERIOR COURT (Class Action Division)
CANADA
PROVINCE OF QUÉBEC
DISTRICT OF MONTRÉAL
No.: 500-06-000781-167
Between:
CHRISTOPHER BRAZEAU and DAVID KIFT
Plaintiffs
- and -
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA
Defendant
Proceeding under the Class Proceedings Act, 1992
Between:
ARLENE GALLONE
Plaintiff
c.
PROCUREUR GÉNÉRAL DU CANADA
Defendant
And Between:
COURT FILE NO.: CV-17-570771-00CP
JULLIAN JORDEA REDDOCK
Plaintiff
- and -
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA
Defendant
Proceeding under the Class Proceeding Act, 1992
Released: December 22, 2023
[^1]: S.O. 1992, c. 6.
[^2]: CQLR, c. C-25.01.
[^3]: C.S.Q Court File No.: 500-06-000781-167.