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The WSIB can cut off benefits from workers by deeming them “uncooperative.” For this reason, workers are sometimes fearful to resist directives from the assessment centres.
A very small piece of Ontario’s efforts to drive down the cost of car insurance is a new requirement that insurers offer a discount for snow tires by this coming Jan. 1.
When I say small, I mean it. If you buy new tires, the payoff is seven to 10 years away, and by then the car may be long gone.
How the WSIB is failing the injured workers of Ontario – part 1
The WSIB can cut off benefits from workers by deeming them “uncooperative.” For this reason, workers are sometimes fearful to resist directives from the assessment centres.
The WSIB’s Austerity Agenda: Deporting Injured Migrant Workers Part 2 of How the WSIB is Failing the Injured Workers of Ontario
On Dec. 3, a group of injured workers and their allies gathered in front of the Ontario Ministry of Labour on University Avenue in Toronto to demand action on medical coverage for injured workers. The workers handed out band aids to passing pedestrians to garner attention.
http://rankandfile.ca/2014/12/
Ontario Auto Insurance Three Year Review Report
Every three years, the Insurance Act requires the Superintendent of Financial Services to undertake a review of Part VI of the Act (Automobile Insurance) and regulations involving auto insurance coverages and risk classification systems.
The Superintendent must give a report to the Minister of Finance which sets out the results of the review and any recommendations made by the Superintendent, and other information requested by the minister.
The Superintendent’s Report on the Three Review of Automobile Insurance, 2014 ![[PDF Document]](https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/IhS5mLOKSt-dblLm_aLB9whc_diJ8WLlJxVBKrd70OMtW94K2VJq4x6JuOXEcdHuaGfkFV2-crdEfHPGsPbNZPH5BtobCtXYyOvYzHvQD8-_NYAbP4T7Pmd3ty3nb9BmKl0=s0-d-e1-ft#http://www.fsco.gov.on.ca/Style%20Library/FSCO/Internet/Images/icons/pdf.png "PDF Document")
the most recent report of the Superintendent, was tabled by the Minister of Finance on July 31, 2015.
the most recent report of the Superintendent, was tabled by the Minister of Finance on July 31, 2015.IBAO CEO Panel speakers call for more choice for Ontario consumers in auto insurance
Ontario’s auto policy should be changed to allow more choice for consumers, some insurance carrier chief executive officers suggested Friday, though Intact Insurance’s president expressed concerns about the change in catastrophic impairment coverage that takes effect next June.
Ontarians pay too much for car insurance, report finds
There’s a survey attached to this story. Have an opinion on who is responsible for the poor insurance coverage we now have? Here’s a spot to share your point of view.
A new report from the York University Schulich School of Business suggests drivers in Ontario “pay far too much” for car insurance.
http://www.680news.com/2015/
Ontario government botches rollout of welfare technology
Did the Ministry of Community and Social Services learn nothing from the first fiasco? Does Helena Jaczek, the apparently imperturbable minister responsible for social assistance, think it is acceptable to spend $50 million of taxpayers’ money to iron out the glitches in a $242-million computer program? Is she concerned that her government is disrupting the lives of people struggling to live on the $656 a month it provides? There is no sign of it.
Canada Social Report Social Assistance Combined Summaries, 2014 Published March 2015
Preventable Medical Error Is Canadian Healthcare’s Silent Killer
In Canada, medical errors and hospital-acquired infections claim between 30,000 and 60,000
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/
Translation company doesn’t pay or is slow to do so, say workers
A Mississauga translation company that does millions of dollars in business with public agencies and well-known corporations takes months to pay professional interpreters, or fails to pay them altogether, say dozens of people who have worked for the firm.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/