Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 months agoThe Supreme Court of Canada will not review a Québec ruling that bars Canadians from suing the U.S. Government over it's involvement in Project MKUltrawww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkThe Supreme Court of Canada will not review a Québec ruling that bars Canadians from suing the U.S. Government over it's involvement in Project MKUltrawww.cbc.caKalcifer@sh.itjust.works to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square2fedilinkfile-text
“Supreme Court won’t hear appeal in Montreal MK-ULTRA brainwashing case”. The Canadian Press. 2024-05-30T16:39Z. CBC News (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/mk-ultra-supreme-court-of-canada-class-action-1.7219478). Archive Link
minus-squarethe_mullet@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 months agoThis other article provides further details. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/mk-ultra-class-action-lawsuit-u-s-immunity-in-canada-1.6985475 Basically the 3 judged decided that the law that was passed in the 1983 couldn’t be retroactively applied. However the plaintiffs say it can since it was retroactively applied in other cases.
This other article provides further details.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/mk-ultra-class-action-lawsuit-u-s-immunity-in-canada-1.6985475
Basically the 3 judged decided that the law that was passed in the 1983 couldn’t be retroactively applied.
However the plaintiffs say it can since it was retroactively applied in other cases.