OTTAWA - The federal government has spent more than $15 million fighting a class-action lawsuit filed by Black public servants, documents filed in Parliament show.

A document prepared by the Department of Justice said the government's legal costs amounted to approximately $15,024,452 as of September.

The proposed class action lawsuit was launched by Black public servants in 2020 who alleged systemic racism within the public service.

A Federal Court judge earlier this year dismissed a motion to certify the lawsuit, which sought $2.5 billion in damages because of lost salaries, pensions and promotions as a result of systemic discrimination across 99 government departments.

In an "order and reasons" document, Justice Jocelyne Gagné said the case did not meet the bar for a class action and

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