Judge authorizes Phoenix class-action suit

A Quebec judge has given the green light to a potentially costly class-action lawsuit launched by disgruntled public servants whose lives have been turned upside down by the faulty Phoenix pay system. 
In a judgment released earlier this month, Quebec Superior Court Justice Jean-Francois Emond authorized the class action to proceed to trial. 
Court documents suggest between 40,000 to 70,000 occasional and casual federal employees from across Canada could be eligible to join the suit, m