Gisele Doyon narrowly escaped death this winter when her car hit a patch of ice near Sault Ste. Marie and slid across the highway — right into the path of an oncoming transport truck.
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Ontario may need to spend more to fix faulty social assistance program
TORONTO — Ontario’s minister of community and social services can’t say whether the government will have to shell out more money to fix a support payment system that has already cost the province an additional $29 million.
How Much Have Ontario No-Fault Accident Benefits Been Eroding?
The recently announced auto insurance reforms included in the 2015 Ontario Budget will again reduce accident benefits as part of the government’s efforts to reduce premiums in Ontario. The government insists that benefits available are still generous. I decided to compare the accident benefits available prior to the OMPP (Schedule C) under tort and the OMPP accident benefits with the new proposed limits announced in the Budget. I used the Bank of Canada inflation calculator to convert past benefits into 2015 dollars.
Provincial News: Government slashes benefits to MVA victims and calls it “Promoting consumer protection”
FAIR Association of Victims for Accident Insurance Reform calls for a moratorium on the proposed auto insurance changes in the 2015 budget
http://www.northumberlandview.ca/index.php?module=news&type=user&func=display&sid=34200
People with disabilities deceived
The provincial system for disability assistance for those who require some assistance (either permanent or temporary) has many, many deceitful regulations.
In 2009, the Wesley Urban Ministry group produced a study called “No Community Stands Alone” and one sad reality from that study is adults end up on assistance for a variety of reasons, including a sudden illness, car accident or work injury for which there is no coverage.
http://www.thespec.com/opinion-story/5593153-people-with-disabilities-deceived/
Ontario’s winter roads ‘less safe’ since privatization: auditor
Ontario saved millions but put lives in jeopardy by contracting out highway snow clearing and other winter road maintenance with poor oversight, Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk says in a damning new report.
Single-payer “Pharmacare” not ideal for low-income access to drugs: Fraser Institute
Despite “a growing chorus of calls” for Canada to implement a single-payer, government-run prescription drug plan, researchers at the Fraser Institute have found that such a system may actually prove detrimental to low-income Canadians nationwide.
May 12th Awareness Events 2015
May 12th has been designated as International Awareness Day for Chronic Immunological and Neurological Diseases (CIND) since 1992. The diseases included in CIND include Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), Fibromyalgia (FM), Gulf War Syndrome(GWS) and Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS).
Hired Guns or Participating Witnesses? The Westerhof Appeal Shapes Expert Report Rules
In Westerhof v Gee Estate, 2015 ONCA 206 [Westerhof], the Court of Appeal for Ontario (“ONCA”) determined that experts who give opinions based on their participation in the events of a proceeding (a “participant expert”) may not need to comply with Rule 53.03 of the Rules of Civil Procedure, RRO 1990, Reg 194.
Court Critiques Defence Doctor’s Opinion Following “Flawed” Investigation
In today’s case (Chenier v. Szili) the Plaintiff was involved in a 2010 rear end collision caused by the Defendant. The collision resulted in significant injuries. In the course of the lawsuit the Defendant had the Plaintiff examined by a physician who provided evidence minimizing the connection between some of the plaintiff’s symptoms and the collision.