Kirk Baert

Kirk Baert: We re going ahead no matter what, said Kirk Baert, the lead lawyer in a historic class action suit against the government of Ontario, according to The Star. Approximately 3,900 former residents of the Huronia Centre , a provincial facility for developmentally disabled children, are still alive. There were 4,500 when Baert launched the $1-billion lawsuit in 2010 and There can be no turning back. The trial date is set. Courtroom 5 in the old Canada Life building is booked for two months. The two sides have agreed in writing to be there. The witnesses are ready to testify. He never doubted this moment would come. His clients were less sure. For three years, the province used every tactic in the book withheld documents, missed meetings, deadline extensions to delay the case. Baerts greatest concern was that hundreds would die waiting. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.