Christina Spicer  |  March 12, 2020

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police woman reviewing files regarding the federal court approving RCMP sexual harassment class action lawsuitThe federal court of Canada has approved a $100 million discrimination class action settlement against RCMP over gender-based abuse and discrimination. 

The plaintiffs represent a Class of women who were in non-policing jobs in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) between 1974 and 2019. In addition, family members and spouses impacted in severe cases may also be entitled to a portion of the settlement.

“Harassment and discrimination do not have a place in our organization,” said the commissioner of the RCMP in a statement about the class action lawsuit. “I deeply regret that these women were subject to inappropriate behaviour in our workplace, and apologize for the pain caused to them and their families.”

The RCMP discrimination class action lawsuit claimed that many of these women experienced harassment based on their gender or sexual orientation, as well as retaliation and an environment of intimidation while working at the RCMP.

One of the plaintiffs reportedly experienced harassment at the age of 17, when she joined a work experience program with the RCMP. She says she was groomed by her supervisor who ended up having sex with her on several occasions. The experiences spiraled her into alcohol abuse, says the plaintiff in the RCMP discrimination class action lawsuit.

“This whole endeavour is about exposing an institution who was there to protect us but instead protected their own who did wrong,” the plaintiff said of the RCMP discrimination class action lawsuit in an interview with the CBC.

Another woman says she experienced constant harassment and abuse when she worked with the RCMP in British Columbia. In the face of sexual abuse, she says that she had to learn to be a “team player” or quit her job.

According to the CBC, the law firm representing the plaintiffs in the RCMP discrimination class action lawsuit expects that the number of Class Members could be as high as 4,000. Class Members can submit claims between May 10 and Nov. 5, 2020. Claims are expected to be between $10,000 and $222,000 for each Class Member.

“It is to be a non-adversarial process and contains the feature of a non-retaliation directive so that class members still working with the RCMP may claim without fear of retaliation,” states the settlement approval order written by Federal Court Judge Michael Phelan.

This RCMP discrimination class action lawsuit is similar to another reached in 2016 that covered women in policing roles with the RCMP who alleged discrimination and harassment since 1974.

“Given the parallel situation with respect to female members of the RCMP whose settlement was approved…it would be a travesty of justice to deny the non-members covered in the present class a reasonable settlement of their claim,” pointed out Judge Phelan in the approval order. “The defendant, through the RCMP having settled liability to serving members of the RCMP for harassment and discrimination, could hardly avoid making a settlement in respect of civilian workers and similarly situated persons.”

Did you suffer discrimination or harassment while working at the RCMP? Tell us your story in the comment section below!

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The plaintiffs are represented by Klein Lawyers and Higgerty Law.

The RCMP Discrimination Class Action Lawsuit is Cheryl Tiller, et al. v. Her Majesty The Queen, Case No. T-1673-17, in the Federal Court for Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 

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4 thoughts onRCMP Discrimination Class Action Settlement Approved

  1. Stephanie says:

    Sounds like they should of expanded it seriously you think women and men and transgender don’t get discriminated against not only in their court cases and used against them the women above is right they strip you and make u bend over they do nothing Inn recourse cause your under arrest it’s discusting and humiliating and violating especially with ptsd and abuse issues from childhood by people in a position of trust they violate you and make false charges and false reports they continue to violate you in jail and your gender means nothing to them there the criminals and their the most discusting form of protection on public there a diacrace and should be disbanded and a new form of educated protection needs to emerge one that’s based on mental health and impacts of their victimizations they talk about that so much but their the ones creating more victims and more intense criminals by victimizing people no one trusts them and no one goes to them for help their a mofia in uniform plain and simple

    Add me to a suit that deals with what they do to the public and transgender who are incarserated cause they are a diacrace to their uniforms they commit illegal acts and fabricate what they want to put you away then destroy the evidence and cover each other’s asses they sexually assault who ever they want and no one does anything abought it

  2. Janice says:

    Well as I was told to strip,take my clothes off for 2 male Ont. Police officers, who had me in a room inside Sudbury Ont.police station.
    I said no way ,your kidding?Call in a female officer , to check me..I said take off my clothes for the 2 of you..
    Not a chance, They both put there hands on there guns ,looked at each other grinning, said do it now, stop stalling.. OMG…
    The Special Investigations Unit, ..started an investigation, flew to Sault.Ste.Marie..Exchanged numbers and emails… And just did not bother ,to get back to me.. I had to phone The Attorney General , to ask why the SIUnit. ,never got back to me.And if I will be save ,when 1 officer was in the Sault, Court,for sexually assaulting 4 maleyoung officers in training..
    The other officer got off, same as Officer David Scott, WHAT I DONT GET JUSTICE..

  3. LISA HAWKINS says:

    Please add me

    1. Omar Alkurdi says:

      Omar Alkurdi.. Ask all of London Don’t. About what happened to me..

      I left Canada to see my kids after 2.5 years of not seeing them been survailed, called cockroach, called goof by police, (video of officer saying his badge number) .. I tried 5 times to compplain with ntn..

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