«The Settlement Agreement in the case at bar has undergone the court's scrutiny, and it appears to me that in entering into the Settlement Agreement and in seeking certification on consent for settlement purposes, the plaintiffs and the defendants, with the assistance of their
legal counsel, have provided the
social good of access to justice and adequate compensation in accordance with Canadian law for perhaps thousands of citizens who may have been
harmed by the Listeriosis outbreak and who decide not to opt - out of the settlement, which remains the individual choice of class members.»