That brings the total federal bill on the case to more than $2.5 million when factoring in previously released costs from a second department involved in the litigation. OTTAWA—Federal lawyers have racked up a legal bill of more than $2.36 million fighting a group of women who allegedly were wrongly denied sickness benefits while they were on maternity leave. “I’m in too deep and too long to give up on it, so absolutely we intend to continue the fight. EI claimants who fall ill or are injured during their parental benefits claim are now able to access sickness benefits,” Mathieu Filion said. But she was denied sickness benefits.

Source: thestar October 08, 2017 19:46 UTC