According to the Personal Injury Alliance (PIA), the changes outlined in the provincial budget would shift the financial burden of accident-related health-care costs from insurance companies to the taxpayers.
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Complex rules stymie efforts to boost home-care workers’ wages in Ontario
It was one of the showpiece promises that Ontario’s Liberals made before their government fell last year: A $4-an-hour wage hike for the personal support workers who are critical to the government’s plans to shift health care out of expensive hospitals and into the home.
Fentanyl ‘patch-for-patch’ program growing in Ontario
Ontario communities are implementing new, tough measures to fight Fentanyl abuse.
Fentanyl is a painkiller 100 times more potent than morphine. It is 40 times stronger than heroin.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/fentanyl-patch-for-patch-program-growing-in-ontario-1.3070601
Windsor psychiatrist Ravi Shenava faces more patient allegations of sexual assault
Last month, Shenava, 64, was arrested for the alleged sexual assault of one patient. On Monday, he was arrested again for alleged incidents involving four more patients.
Catastrophic Changes in Ontario Budget for Motor Vehicle Injuries
When Ontario made wide-sweeping changes to automobile insurance and personal injury law in 2010, the intent was to reduce insurance premiums for the public. Although insurance companies did save money, much of these savings were not passed on to the consumers.
http://www.slaw.ca/2015/05/10/catastrophic-changes-in-ontario-budget-for-motor-vehicle-injuries/
Ontario Under Fire For Changes To Car Insurance Benefits
The government is also lumping combined systems of benefits into single tiered benefits. Until now, attendant care and rehabilitation for catastrophic accidents – which involve injuries to the brain, eyes, or permanent loss of limbs – were considered two distinct benefits that had a combined limit up to $2 million.
http://www.lowestrates.ca/news/ontario-under-fire-changes-car-insurance-benefits-1707
Changes in Manitoba would allow regulation of law firms
Justice Minister Gord Mackintosh said the proposed amendments to the Legal Profession Act would bring the province in line with Nova Scotia, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan, which have already amended their legal profession legislation to allow law firm regulation.
Don’t be fooled by the Insurance Bureau of Canada
CAMBRIDGE- What is wrong with the Ontario government? They are yet again further reducing auto insurance coverage without requiring any premium reductions.
Adding insult to workplace injury
Injured workers: It’s the kind of story journalists hear about a lot and sometimes dread, because if you look into one case, you’ll hear from 10 more people in the same or more serious situations. Did I say 10? It’s sometimes 20. And the sheer number means not only is there something clearly wrong, but that it’s systemic.
Google Compare to include insurer reviews, agent support
Google Compare for Auto Insurance (“Google Compare”), the comparison tool for auto coverage introduced to the market in March, announced that it is adding several new features to its site, including user assessments of insurance companies and support for contacting a local agent, reports Insurance Journal.