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Ontario plaintiffs amended their Statement of Claim

September 27, 2013

In accordance with the directions of the Ontario Divisional Court and the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Ontario plaintiffs amended their Statement of Claim and re-argued the certification motion, this time before Mr. Justice Belobaba of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. On September 27, 2013, Justice Belobaba certified the case a class proceeding for the following class:

Indian children who were taken from their homes on reserves in Ontario between December 1, 1965 and December 31, 1984 and were placed in the care of non-aboriginal foster or adoptive parents who did not raise the children in accordance with the aboriginal person’s customs, traditions, and practices.

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