Ex-Aveos staff launch lawsuit

A class-action lawsuit seeking up to $1 billion has been filed on behalf of former employees of shuttered aircraft maintenance company Aveos against Air Canada and the governments of Quebec and Canada. The request for court certification was filed in Quebec Superior Court by lawyer Jean-Francois Bertrand on behalf of former employee Gilbert McMullen. It alleges that the governments are responsible for harming former Aveos workers with their “flagrant and deliberate violation” of the federal law governing Air Canada.