The Gandalf Group poll — conducted for the Ted Rogers School of Management’s Jim Pattison Ethical Leadership Education and Research Program — found just 13 per cent of respondents trusted politicians to behave ethically in fulfilling their duties.
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Alcohol, drugs different, drug-impaired driving a growing concern: panel
Following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s promise to legalize recreational use of marijuana, State Farm released a survey this past May on what Canadians think of the move and how it may influence road safety issues.
Time to end the ICBC monopoly
B.C. has the most expensive publicly run car insurance rates in Canada — with average premiums now $1,550 annually, according to ICBC. And if the government approves ICBC’s request for a 4.9% hike, we will pay even more.
http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/2016
Life in the shadows of the concussion debate
A brain injury is hard to grasp second-hand. Even my closest friends don’t really get it. Everyone get headaches. Everyone gets tired. Lots of people forget where they parked the car. The difference is qualitative. I walk around constantly aware that my head isn’t right. It’s like jogging on a bum knee all day long, knowing the thing could blow at any second. But you can rest a bad knee by sitting down. A bad head follows you everywhere.
https://www.thestar.com/news/i
Supreme Court could decide whether denial of catastrophic impairment status triggers two-year limitation period in Ontario auto dispute system
Court records indicate that RBC General Insurance Company sent correspondence to Zofia Machaj denying her catastrophic impairment status. Initially the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed Machaj’s action against RBC, for cat impairment status, because “a mediation proceeding had not been commenced ‘within two years after the insurer’s refusal to pay the benefits claimed,’” the Court of Appeal for Ontario wrote in a decision released April 8.
Canada Pension Plan Disability Benefits – A Primer
The Canada Pension Plan (“CPP”) is a federal government program that provides income support to individuals who are either disabled or retired. Many people are unaware that CPP provides disability benefits if they become disabled before retirement age.
‘Preferential treatment’: Injured workers getting fast-tracked surgery, sometimes within 10 days
Orthopedic surgery has some of the longest waiting lists in medicine, with patients — often in debilitating pain — queuing for months or years to get their procedure.
Supreme Court could decide whether denial of catastrophic impairment status triggers two-year limitation period in Ontario auto dispute system
A disputed Ontario auto insurance claim, in which the carrier denied a claimant’s request for catastrophic impairment status, could reach the Supreme Court of Canada.
Recent Report Shows Fraud War is Just Beginning Points Out Shop Insurance Canada
(PRLEAP.COM) September 15, 2016 – LexisNexis has conducted a recent study to show that all industries have been the victim of fraud in its various guises, but it is the insurance industry that is among the most affected. Shop Insurance Canada says the global nature of fraud is exasperated in Ontario, where it contributes to the highest average auto insurance premiums in the country.
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