Court reserves judgment on SDB class appeal
The Supreme Court of Canada heard the Public Service and Canadian Forces Supplementary Death Benefit (SDB) class appeal on Wednesday March 17th and will render its judgment at a later date.
The actions challenging the age-related benefit reduction as discriminatory and contrary to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms were dismissed by the Supreme Court of British Columbia on December 23rd, 2008.
A summary of the case information is posted on the Supreme Court of Canada Web site, as well as on the plaintiffs’ lawyers’ Web site.
