Law360 Canada ( August 2, 2018, 8:22 AM EDT) -- Determination of whether to approve a settlement agreement. During the Sixties Scoop, an estimated 22,400 Indigenous children nation-wide were scooped from their homes and placed with non-Indigenous foster or adoptive parents over a 40-year time period. The Sixties Scoop generated some 23 actions in superior and federal courts across the country. The Ontario action before this Court, Brown v. Canada, was the most advanced and it was this case that established Canada’s liability in tort to the Sixties Scoop survivors in Ontario. Canada agreed to settle Brown, but only if the other actions were included in one nation-wide settlement. The national settlement agreement was formally executed on November 30, 2017. As part of the settlement, the other actions were consolidated into an omnibus Federal Court action, referred to as the Riddle action. The Federal Court approved the settlement agreement for the purposes of the Riddle action. The approval of both courts was required. The cornerstones of the settlement agreement were the payment of individual compensation without proof of harm and the establishment of a national foundation devoted to memorializing the stories of survivors and dedicated to the goals of reconciliation and healing. Canada had agreed to pay a minimum of $500 million and a maximum of $750 million to cover individual payments to survivors. The individual payments were capped at $50,000 per person. Canada had also agreed to pay $50 million to fund the foundation and $75 million in legal fees to class counsel....