Tuesday, March 12, 2019
WSIB - WORKERS SHAFTED INTENTIONALLY BY BOARD?
The front page article in today's Waterloo Region record is titled, "Mixed messages on WSIB review." Recently a Kitchener widow of a deceased rubber worker was advised by a WSIB employee that not all cases of more than 300 already denied will be reviewed. This of course is in contradiction to what the WSIB said just last week that WSIAT (Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal) cases that had been turned down would be included in the overall review by the WSIB. The widow, Gayle Wannan, is skeptical that the WSIB is genuinely interested in applying the latest evidence when taking another look at rubber workers' claims. Personally I'm skeptical that "new" evidence is needed or whether it even exists. There has been overwhelming evidence of cancer clusters in the rubber industry for decades and longer. This has always been all about protecting employers from lawsuits and reducing the liability of governments to pay disability pensions and death benefits caused by occupational diseases.
The WSIAT rarely grants reconsiderations for the simple reason they don't have to. Again I believe their mandate is more financial than either humanitarian or honestly insurance based. Citizens are allowed to ask Ontario's Superior Court of Justice for a judicial review of a WSIAT decision. That is incredibly slow and incredibly expensive. After all judges and lawyers need to maintain their lifestyle while pretending to have empathy for factory workers in the local rubber plants. Yes Dorothy, class differences are alive and well in Canada.
I expect that perhaps half of the affected workers and their families will eventually receive some compensation for the premature deaths and illnesses of their loved ones. This will have exactly nothing to do with the so called "evidence" and everything to do with past Liberal and Conservative governments saving face. The provincial government controls the WSIB and WSIAT and party affiliations between Ontario's two governing parties make little difference in the ongoing exploitation of citizens by those with power and money.
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ReplyDeleteAnonymous stick you're head in toilette when you're done you'll see you're shit stinks too.Everyones equal in eyes of God.Everyones supposed to have equal human rights.Right to life right to the nessesities of life and a right to insurance you pay into.Being our government is a mafia style corrupt black male organization that forces people to pay into there scenes weekly ,but takes years to get any money back when lawfully in titled. There definately needs to be a inquirory into the handling of our WSIB and WSIAT.There professional loop hole finders and top insurance lawyers who are paid to find loop holes and screw canadains out of lawfully claims.These agencies are corrupt just the fact citizens been fighting for there claims going on decades is proof even a handicapped citizen can see.Every canadain deserves compesating imediately as they are paying for. It's disgusting to watch fellow canadains tryn to live with cancer be denied by our government but then they proved in 1940s pot slows cancer so doesn't surprize me its our government fault they prevented pot from becoming legal. For WSIB to say you're claim needs to be reviewed for decades is like saying no to someone's claim who was injured by a drunk driver.Unlawful sickening way to with hold insurance claims finding loop holes so they have pay a dime.Verry good scam our government got going on take citizens money but deny them any compesating.No wonder insurance companies and our government hire lawyers to find ways to steal canadains rightfully claims.Billion dollar scam WSIB ,WSIAT.should be shut done and a civil suit needs to be launched aswell as a inquirory.
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