Class Action - Union des consommateurs vs. the Canada Revenue Agency (T-1869-07)

Computer Theft at the Canada Revenue Agency Tax Services Office in Laval, Québec

A class action (Nathalie Marcotte v. Her Majesty The Queen et al., Federal court record: T-1869-07) has been commenced in order to compensate persons for which certain personal information was stored on the hard drives of computers that were stolen on September 4th 2003 from the Agency's Office, located in Laval, Province of Québec.

An agreement aiming to resolve this class action has been reached with the Agency recently. Below are the documents in respect of this agreement:

• Order to discharge the Canada Revenue Agency as Claims Administrator and from all obligations under the Settlement (unofficial translation) (PDF, 177 KB)
• Order of the Federal Court for the certification of the Action as a Class action, and for the approval of the Settlement and the fees and expenses to be paid to the Plaintiff's solicitors (unofficial translation) (PDF, 334 KB)
• Order of the Federal Court on the Motion to order the publication of a notice to the members (unofficial translation) (PDF, 218 KB)
• Integral text of the Settlement (unofficial translation) (PDF, 1 224 KB)
• Schedule A Notice to Members, Instructions and Summary of the Notice (PDF, 166 KB)
• Schedule B Opt Out Form (PDF, 96 KB)
• Schedule C Claim form (PDF, 107 KB)
• Schedule D Action in the Federal Court (PDF, 245 KB)
• Schedule E Notice of Objection (PDF, 100 KB)
• Schedule F Notice of Incomplete Claim (PDF, 105 KB)
• Schedule G Letter of refusal from Claims Administrator (PDF, 84 KB)
• Schedule H Appeal Form (PDF, 91 KB)