CALGARY -- Canada's military ombudsman has agreed to help mediate a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of veterans used as human guinea pigs in chemical warfare tests during the Second World War. It's shameful the matter has gone unresolved for more than 50 years, he added. The statement of claim names the Department of National Defence, the National Research Council of Canada, the Attorney General and Veterans Affairs Canada. The civil action covers all soldiers used as test subjects at Canadian Forces Base Suffield in southern Alberta or in an Ottawa research lab. The lawsuit says that could be as many as 3,400 people, although Ottawa has put the number at 2,500.
Posted by Editor at February 2, 2004 05:25 AM