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| Alberta: Kevin Taft and the Alberta Liberal Opposition have posted a Labour Relations position statement on their website that includes the intent to: "Establish an independent public inquiry, including an intensive audit, into the operations of the WCB." http://www.albertaliberal.com/index.php/alp/policies/C26 If the Liberals are elected in Alberta, Injured workers across Canada will be watching this proposed public inquiry as it will be an important and long overdue step towards addressing fairness in the Alberta workers compensation system. |
| British
Columbia: 2006: Guy Gentner - NDP BC MLA - Delta North BILL M 210 - permanent partial disabilities paid throughout the life of the worker and addresses actual wage loss rather than percentage impairment calculations First Reading November 27, 2006 (see article - "Restore disability pensions: MLA" |
| Ontario: 2006: Andrea Horwath - NDP Ontario MPP Hamilton East Bill 162 - new non-reduced indexing factor - retroactive to 1994 (Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Indexing), 2006) - The Bill amends the Act to remove the reduced indexing factor. The Bill also provides retroactiviity to 1994. If any payment made to a person on or after that date was less than the amount that would have been paid using the unreduced indexing factor, the Board must pay the difference to the person. More info about this issue at: injuredworkersonline.org (***NOTE Michael Gravelle, Liberal MPP, Thunder Bay-Superior North introduced a similar Bill 168 a week later on Dec 5th but his Bill does not address retroactivity.) Jennifer F. Mossop - LIB Ontario MPP Stoney Creek Bill 177 - Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act 2006 The Act only requires the Board to consider suitable employment or business positions and not whether they are also available to the worker. The Bill would amend the Act so that the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board will consider employment or business positions which are both suitable and available to the worker when determining the worker's post injury earnings. |