Class action lawsuit on behalf of Nunavik crime victims gets the go-ahead

A class action lawsuit on behalf of crime victims in Nunavik, the Inuit region of northern Quebec, has got the go-ahead. The lawsuit alleges that people in Nunavik have been left out of the province’s compensation regime for victims of criminal offenses. Quebec Superior Court Judge Lukasz Granosik certified the class-action lawsuit on Dec. 1The Indemnisation des victimes d’actes criminel, known by its French acronym IVAC, allows crime victims to apply for a range of compensation. The lawsuit outlines that between 2013 and 2019, approximately 80,000 crimes against a person were committed in Quebec. The lawsuit says that throughout the province, the number of victims receiving compensation in the various regions is proportional to their population, except for Nunavik.