tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20376299208058203552024-03-05T07:47:23.647-04:00Wayne Coady Speaks Out Against Human Rights Abuse Of injured Workers' & SoldiersDON'T SUPPORT ANY POLITICAL PARTY WITH YOUR TIME,YOU VOTE OR YOUR MONEY. WHY, YOU ASK ... BECAUSE I WILL NO LONGER PARTICIPATE IN MY OWN EXPLOITATION ... THAT'S WHY.
Lets move forward to end the abuse together!Stop Supporting PartiesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037629920805820355.post-67760280075911221492015-01-14T00:28:00.000-04:002015-01-14T00:44:37.943-04:00Injured Workers Suffer PTSD...When you look at the Canadian Workers Compensation system, then you can understand why it is that injured workers commit suicide . The WCB system has driven many injured workers into poverty, resulting in the loss of homes, families being torn apart.So when you look at this very abusive legislated law, known as the WCB ACT one can only conclude that injured workers fall into the PTSD box.<br />
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The abuse injured workers face at the hands of WCB Caseworkers leaves the injured worker to react to the harsh and abusive treatment with the feeling of "INTENSE FEAR" and HELPLENESS, thus we PTSD by design ,overseen by every politician and "their" political party, because they are the masters of this abusive legislated law. I will also conclude that this is why Patrick Clayton took the action he did when he entered the Calgary office the WCB, he was not only armed with a rifle, but armed with "Intense fear" and HELPLENESS , this situation was manufactured by the Alberta Workers Compensation Board. <br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037629920805820355.post-28031281590196722572013-02-24T12:40:00.000-04:002013-02-24T12:40:12.471-04:00 DUFF GIVES DETRACTORS HIS FAMOUS VICTORY SALUTE<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Speaking recently in Halifax,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>PE U "senator" Mike Duffy defended
HIS "entitlement to his entitlements” as this year's recipient of the coveted
DINGWALL AWARD.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the ceremony, the
presenter congratulated "senator" Duffy for his ingenuity and the
unmitigated gall he applied in screwing Canadian Taxpayers out of thousands of
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Winning the award was a mean achievement as he triumphed
over other contenders, including the ever repressible and aloof, Pamela Wallin
(Canada's "Lady Ice”) who, from day one of her appointment has made every
effort to achieve a spending level of taxpayer dollars equal to that of her
mentor and former fellow news person and CBC alumnus, Adrienne Clarkson who
achieved a "personal best" as the Liberal appointed Governor General
of Canada. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ms. Clarkson, you will remember, took on the daunting task
of adding to this country's debt singlehandedly volunteering her time,
energies<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and imagination to spend,
spend, spend ...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>on behalf of all
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Which brings us back
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exorbitant salary and perks Canadian taxpayers are required to pay him and all
"Senators"(by default)... until they reach the age of 75, or
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>"Senator"
Duffy now admits a reduced mental capacity ... the result of eating
contaminated food, has caused him to "maybe have made a mistake "when
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">While admitting no direct responsibility for the oversight
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a magnanimous gesture, volunteered to reimburse the "Government" for
this (small) oversight that everyone has construed ( mistakenly as
fraudulent<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>... and will do so
immediately. He will make arrangements to completely repay all amounts due
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037629920805820355.post-76434069777508436182011-11-10T13:14:00.001-04:002011-11-25T21:01:17.566-04:00Confession Of A Politician<div></div><div></div><div>Forgive me father for I have sinned.” by Paul Steven Stone</div><div></div><div>“Tell me how you have sinned, my son?”Lies, father. I have told lie after lie in pursuit of my personal gain. I have lied to my family, my friends, to thousands of people who desired nothing from me but the truth.”“And when did you first enter politics, my son?”“Many years ago, father, I was a mere child, an innocent. I believed in heroes. Believed in the power of being right and doing good works.</div><div>I believed I could change things, could make a difference in the lives of the people I represented. I believed politics was much more than a bunch of self-important, privileged men dividing up the spoils of life-in-the-public-arena. I thought the system embraced everyone who had a stake in the outcome of every law considered and every vote taken. We had not yet been blessed by the work of the finest Supreme Court money could buy, where every decision had been paid for and lobbied by billionaires and millionaires, who understandably believe they're entitled to more representation than the single vote everyone else gets.”</div><div></div><div>“And when did you learn the truth, my son? When did you find out what a shmuck you've been?”“In that first year, father. And how swift an education that was! No sooner was I sitting in a seat of elected power than I discovered how weak and ineffective I was. I saw that power was most effective when it furthered its own ends rather than the needs of the voters. To get along in the world of politics one quickly learns to go along. To sleep with the ugly as well as the beautiful…Ha!“Forgive the coarse example, father, but that's what politics does to you…either you're kissing a thousand asses and spreading your legs a thousand times a day for short dollars, or sleeping with an occasional millionaire now and again.</div><div></div><div>What would you do, right? So, you start ‘Shtupping for Millionaires' and you get your life back, and you stop feeling like a 24 hour fundraising prostitute.”But I was speaking about…power. Do you know the secret of power, father? I'll tell you. To become powerful, one simply hangs on to power longer than the next guy. To hang on longer than the next guys means forging strategic alliances with those who hold the power, even if it goes against the vested interests of your constituents, from whom you won't hear anything for another two years, anyway. But like I said, power is most effective when it's furthering its own ends. </div><div></div><div>That was a simple lesson taught to all of us when we entered public office.“But that seems so self-serving, my son. Surely there are those in public life who set their course with greater integrity and resolve?”“Yes, father. They're called one-term politicians.”“This is all so very curious, my son.”"It's Strange, father. I'm constantly trying to understand how things could get so bad. When I first entered office, it was understood you weren't to get caught breaking the law or stealing from the cookie jar. Everything was fair game, but you weren't allowed to get caught. That was the cardinal rule. Steal from the poor, the blind, the crippled, but don't get caught. </div><div></div><div>“Nowadays, it seems that our government is in charge of payoffs for criminal deeds of catastrophic dimensions. The greedy son-of-bitches who brought down the financial system and triggered a worldwide recession are saved, kept in their jobs, and even allowed to collect bonuses, while the taxpayers pick up the tab.“Just think, father, Halliburton and its subsidiaries are allowed to fraudulently overbill the US Army for shoddy work in IRAQ (How many soldiers were electrocuted in their poorly constructed showers?) and we just pay the bills.“And, today, every one of those Grand Old Pigs whose political party ran us into an endless war in Iraq for no good reason, voted in tax cuts for yacht-owners, billionaires and oil company executives, and fathered a prescription drug benefit where the USA isn't allowed to use its buying power to lower prices (and, thus, decrease the deficit).</div><div></div><div>If they're so worried about deficits how could they have voted for renewing Bush's Tax cuts for millionaires, father. How could they, I ask you that?”“It is all a mystery to me, my son.”“Yeah, me too, father. Me too. Like how could I have become a cynical and jaded politician so quickly? Without even noticing.! Oh, there was much truth in the promises I made, father. I intended to do as much as was humanly possible for my constituents; meant to deliver as many jobs, as many laws and, especially, as many government contracts for my constituents as I could.”“So where are the lies you feel you must confess, my son?”</div><div></div><div>“It was all lies, father. There wasn't one job, or law or one government contract I promised to deliver which I wouldn't have sacrificed to help further my own position as an elected official. When everything you promise is secondary to feathering your own nest, you're making promises to no one but yourself.“I am impressed by your contrition, my son, is there not time for you to make things right?”“How do you mean, father. By reciting sacred names or saying my rosary?”“No, by following your conscience instead of your weaknesses. By pursuing a course of action dictated by what you have promised, and by what you believe.”</div><div></div><div>“A novel idea, father, but it would never work. You see, in the interest of getting elected, I have endeavored to be all things to all people. That, of course, meant taking stands on issues that offended the least number of eligible voters. We call that taking a ‘prudent' approach to electioneering, so that hopefully you end up looking good to supporters on both sides of an issue. A good example is my stated position on welfare reform, father.“Do you support it or oppose it, my son?”“The question is, father, how can I both support and oppose it at the same time. That's ‘prudent' electioneering. </div><div></div><div>The way it works, you develop simple answers to complex issues. Ask me my position on welfare reform, I'll tell you I plan to seek reform without seeking retribution.That answer, simple as it appears, will be interpreted by each side as providing a measure of my support, while ultimately requiring nothing from me except an occasional newspaper quote. The net result, of course, is a non-binding promise to do nothing.”“I am beginning to see the problem, my son.”“I have become a master of maintaining a ‘prudent' approach to most issues, father. When it comes to conservation and land-use issues, I am for “responsible development” and “controlled growth.” Ask me my view on capital punishment and I'll declare myself “morally opposed to the death penalty except under certain conditions.” Question my position on gun control and I'll tell you the problem isn't with criminals being too well armed, but with people like you and me being too poorly armed.”</div><div></div><div>“You are being unfair to yourself, my son.”“You think so? Go ahead, ask me my stand on any issue!”“Aid to Afghanistan?”“I'll support it, but only after the Afghanni's put their house in order.”“Continuing price supports for U.S. farmers?”“I'll vote to eliminate price supports as soon as we figure out a better way to level the playing field in the international market.”“American corporations' usage of child laborers in third world nations?”“It's outrageous, immoral and barbarous; but what gives us the right to dictate morality to the rest of the world?”And tax cuts for the wealthy?”Ah, yes. That's the Million Dollar Queston, father, because the right answer will open the door to millions of dollars in campaign donations! Ask me my position on taxing the rich, so their obligations are commensurate with the privileges they enjoy as millionaires and billionaires., and I'll agree that, “Yes, everyone should pay their fair share”. </div><div></div><div>But I'll also note that “raising taxes now could jeopardize the entire economic recovery.“ Or I'll pretend this is part of a larger tax event that also hits small businesses and middle class taxpayers. I'll say whatever I have to say to keep the public's eye off the ball so they don't figure out for themselves that these millionaires are getting away with murder.”</div><div></div><div>“Surely, you must have taken a firm stand on some issues, my son?”“Absolutely, father. Those are the issues we politicians call “no brainers”, meaning you don't need a brain to vote for tougher laws against child molesters, or for American independence from foreign-produced energy, or for a couple of hundred other issues that have nothing to do with the goals of your fellow politicians or the lives of your constituents back home.</div><div></div><div>“Well, my son, there doesn't seem to be much that I can do for you, other than grant forgiveness for your sins.”“That may be true or not, father. But tell me—only because I'm curious—are you a registered voter…?</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037629920805820355.post-38582926646436136372011-05-16T18:17:00.000-03:002011-06-10T11:17:57.691-03:00WorkSafe New Brunswick Complicit In Abuse...<span style="color:#000000;"><strong>......Of Injured Workers</strong><br /><br /></span><br />For many people, retirement conjures thoughts of soaking up the sun and finally being able to read the books we only had time to skim through before.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_NedVWq3iiQUrxY4rO1BiJmQNP0fcUcekHC3JwTUAvSoJeyLBUVTszH5BJFX0E8F8h4-dOsoa0DpAKKvqEAoAKRmbewf6EDW7CsQ8nZSAVcMPA2nah52L-kyQXl6O4G0TO8AjxbnvdD0/s1600/wcb+nb.bmp"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 265px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 188px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607428149982064914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_NedVWq3iiQUrxY4rO1BiJmQNP0fcUcekHC3JwTUAvSoJeyLBUVTszH5BJFX0E8F8h4-dOsoa0DpAKKvqEAoAKRmbewf6EDW7CsQ8nZSAVcMPA2nah52L-kyQXl6O4G0TO8AjxbnvdD0/s320/wcb+nb.bmp" /></a><br /><br /><br />Yolande Mongeon has accumulated five years' worth of paperwork in her battle with WorkSafeNB. But for Yolande Mongeon, retirement means fighting WorkSafeNB for compensation benefits.<br /><br />Mongeon was already on the Canada Pension Plan when she was injured at work. She was surprised when WorkSafeNB said her pension benefits had to be paid back because she was now also receiving workers' compensation.<br /><br />"Contrary to the Act, they reduce workers' compensation benefits dollar for dollar based on the CPP you receive," says Mongeon.<br /><br />Mongeon was "already in a frail state," and her problems with WorkSafeNB weren't helping. So she called Tom Barron.<br /><br />Barron, a retired labour union worker and owner of injury claims firm Barron T. Labour Relations, is concerned about the problems workers face getting their benefits.He said the problems started when the Employee Workers Compensation Act was changed several years ago.<br /><br />The agency tells injured workers to apply for Canada Pension Plan benefits, and when they go into early retirement, the same agency "reduces their benefits for what they get from CPP," says Barron.<br /><br />"The consequences of the decisions made in the last 10 years are not in the best interests of the stakeholders," says Barron.<br />Policy 38.11 of the Workers' Compensation Act states that compensation and supplemental income, including CPP, cannot be over 85 per cent of the worker's pre-accident income.<br /><br />The policy also says CPP is deducted from injury benefits only if the pension was given due to the injury. Many workers are instructed to pay back CPP funds even if it is unrelated to their injuries.While many workers are concerned by the situation, they aren't the only ones.<br /><br />"Eighty-six per cent of decisions made by the (WorkSafeNB) board of directors are switched by the Appeals Tribunal," says Barron. "We are the complete reverse of every other jurisdiction in Canada, where the Appeals Tribunal only overturns decisions 25 per cent of the time."Barron says the board does this in the hopes workers won't appeal, so they can "limit their liability to the workers' compensation fund."<br />"For every two people denied benefits who appeal, there are eight more who don't appeal," says Barron.<br /><br />The WorkSafeNB Annual Report says the number of appeals for 2010 increased 20.6 per cent from the previous year. But the tribunal is having trouble keeping up.<br />"They instinctively deny your claim, and the Appeals Tribunal tells them to fix it, but it could be two and a half years before that happens," says Barron.<br /><br />Ronald Gaffney, chairman of the Appeals Tribunal, understands Barron's concerns.<br />"We say pension plans are not supplemental income, but the board says they are," says Gaffney.<br /><br />"We just have a different interpretation of the legislation."<br />But the legislation can't be changed unless the issue goes to a higher level of the legal system.<br /><br />"Employers don't ever appeal our rulings, and neither do claimants, considering they are universally successful when they come to us on this issue," says Gaffney.<br />The board isn't "bound to apply precedents from tribunal proceedings," despite the fact a quarter of all appeal proceedings involve this issue, according to Gaffney.<br />"Unless it goes to the Court of Appeal, it won't change."<br /><br />Barron says by the time claimants get to the Appeals Tribunal, they are exhausted.<br />"They get these workers involved in a revolving door process," says Barron. "Then they send them to Workers' Advocates, who have piles of work to the ceiling due to the constant appeals.<br /><br />"The advocates tell people there will be a four-month wait for their services, and then another six months before it goes to the Appeals Tribunal.<br />"And then, the tribunal will take a year to make a decision. And you have an injured worker who has been struggling to get benefits for years."<br /><br />Guy Dagenais, manager of Workers' Advocates, says this happens all the time.<br />"The Appeals Tribunal says if your CPP benefits have nothing to do with your injury, then they can't be deducted," says Dagenais.Dagenais said he has had every case of this nature overturned by the Appeals Tribunal, and says the record speaks for itself.<br /><br />"The board of directors doesn't agree with what we say."<br />WorkSafeNB employs up to 36 case workers per year. Their 2010 Annual Report says they "adjudicated 12,507 applications for claims last year."<br />"1,360 were rejected as being non work-related or an uninsured employer," the document states.<br />"Of those accepted, 5,971 involved lost time of at least one day ... and 5,171 were no lost-time claims."<br /><br />Martine Coulombe, minister of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour, is standing behind WorkSafeNB."I respect the role of WorkSafeNB and its board members in their role to implement and enforce a number of Acts that set out workplace protections for both employees and employers," Coulombe said in an email statement.<br /><br />"It is the responsibility of WorkSafeNB to make recommendations to government regarding amendments to legislation as identified by their Board of Directors. Government is ready to work with WorkSafeNB should they feel adjustments need to be made," says Coulombe.Crispina Caballero says WorkSafeNB does its best to take care of injured workers.<br /><br />Caballero, director of fiscal economic planning for WorkSafeNB, says the time it takes to pay out a claim "depends on how complicated the claim is."<br />WorkSafeNB tries to be timely, especially when the need for money is urgent, says Caballero.<br /><br />"I once got a phone call from a man on prescription medication, and he was on his last day of pills," says Caballero."He needed his meds the following day, so I got his name and it was taken care of."She says all benefits are "defined by legislation," but the numbers can be adjusted if the employee needs more compensation.<br /><br />"If the amount they need is less than what they get from their benefits, we communicate with them," says Caballero."There's a chance for them to say something."<br />Caballero says claims are only denied under specific circumstances.<br /><br />"If the accident is not work-related, then we deny the claim," says Caballero.<br />Diane Green, executive assistant to the chairperson, president and CEO of WorkSafeNB, says the board of directors is "just following policy."<br />Green says the board members know it's a flawed system."We realize the tribunal has a different approach," she says.<br /><br />She cites a mandate risk from WorkSafeNB's Strategic Plan and Risk Assessment as an example of their attempts to work on the issue."It says we want to reduce Appeals Tribunal decisions that are inconsistent with WorkSafeNB policy," says Green.<br />"We realize the issue, and we're working our way around it."<br /><br />However, injured worker Mongeon says the board should be doing more than work around this."There is a long-standing questionable practice by the Workers Compensation Board," says Mongeon."They see this happening, and do nothing to crack the fingers of people doing these clawbacks on benefits."Due to the circumstances surrounding her benefits over the past few years, Mongeon is now unsure about her future.<br /><br />"My retirement is up in the air at the moment, I'm not sure I have the money.".<br /><br />This Story was written by <a href="http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/front/article/1406442"><strong>Jordan Parker , Times and Transcript</strong> </a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037629920805820355.post-74912268959952720692010-10-29T11:07:00.000-03:002010-11-05T18:01:34.421-03:00The Workers Compensation Statutory Bar ...<span style="color:#000000;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffffff;">...Held Not Applicable in Newfoundland Maritime Law.</span></strong><br /></span><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2GTF8yCrz60&hl=" width="300" height="300" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" fs="1&" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed>;<br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="color:#ffffff;"><strong>Artlile: CANADIAN MARITIME LAW UPDATE<br /></strong><br />The Workers’ Compensation Statutory Bar Held Not Applicable in Newfoundland Maritime Matter The Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador, Trial Division has ruled that the statutory bar prohibiting employees and their families from suing employers for injuries suffered or death occurred in the course of employment is inoperative in the context of navigation and shipping.<br /><br />In</span> <a href="http://www.lexcanada.com/data/TransportationNotes_Vol5-8.pdf"><span style="color:#ffffff;">Ryan Estate v. Universal Marine</span></a><span style="color:#ffffff;">, </span><span style="color:#ffffff;">the Court overruled the Newfoundland and Labrador Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission (the “Commission”) and held that the families of two deceased fishermen were entitled to sue the designer, builder and inspector for the negligent design, construction and inspection of the fishing vessel “Ryan’s Commander” which capsized causing the deaths. This decision has significant implications for any business involved in shipping, the fishery and<br />offshore oil and gas, and could potentially have repercussions in other industries in the federal domain.<br /></span><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">One of the fundamental principles of workers’ compensation regimes in Canada is the creation of a no-fault compensation system. In what has been described as the “historic trade-off”, workers surrendered their right to pursue civil remedies in return for the entitlement to workers’ compensation benefits in the event of a workplace injury or death. Employers pay into the insurance scheme, but in turn are protected from being sued. Essentially, an injured worker or the dependants of a deceased worker cannot maintain a claim in respect of a compensable disability or loss of support against the employer of the injured or deceased worker,any other employer covered by the Act, or any worker of such other employer. While there are certain specific exceptions, notably in the case of automobile accidents, the statutory bar is contained in every province’s workers’ compensation legislation.<br /></span><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">Ryan Estate involved the interaction between the provincial workers’ compensation legislation, and matters of federal jurisdiction. The Constitution Act, 1867, divides certain powers into federal and provincial responsibilities. While workers’ compensation falls within in the provincial powers, considered to relate to<br />“property and civil rights”, there are circumstances where it may interact with<br />federally regulated industries, that is, those falling within the federal powers such as “navigation and shipping” as was the situation in Ryan Estate. When provincial legislation affects matters of federal jurisdiction (or vice versa), the courts may undertake an analysis of the nature or “pith and substance” of the impugned legislation to determine its applicability. The courts will also assess<br />the impact of the legislation, sometimes considering doctrines of<br />“interjurisdictional immunity” (“reading down” legislation which is otherwise constitutional) and “paramountcy” (the principle that federal legislation “trumps” provincial legislation).<br /><br />Provincial workers’ compensation schemes have been found to be constitutional and to apply to federal undertakings. As well, other courts have found the statutory bar to apply in the context of federal undertakings. In particular, the British Columbia<br />Supreme Court upheld the statutory bar in Laboucane v. Brooks, a case also involving the fishing industry. Furthermore, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice came to the same conclusion in Dionne v. Ontario (Workplace Safety & Insurance Appeals Tribunal), a case considering the issue in the context of a nuclear power plant. Moreover, in an analogous situation, the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal concluded that provincial occupational health and safety regulations applied to the fishing industry in that province. This jurisprudence makes the result in Ryan Estate all the more surprising. The Court in Ryan Estate framed the constitutional argument as “simply that legislation relating to navigation and shipping was reserved to the Federal Parliament under The Constitution Act, 1867 and that Parliament had legislated in that field by reason of the Marine Liability Act and the Federal Courts Act and that neither of these pieces of legislation contained any bar against any action which an injured person was entitled to bring under Canadian maritime law, both statutory and common law.”<br /><br />The Court held that the Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Act (the “WHSCC Act”) impaired the right of injured parties to bring a civil action under the Marine Liability Act, a piece of federal legislation which addresses claims of persons or dependents of persons injured or killed in circumstances involving matters relating to navigation and shipping. The Court decided that liability in a marine context fell within federal jurisdiction, and found that the Marine Liability Act created a “federal right” to bring such an action. The Court further held that the statutory bar impaired the federal power to sue, which is “a core feature of federal legislation governing navigation and shipping” and “an essential element of the requirement for uniformity of legal rights in navigation and shipping situations.” The Court read down the WHSCC Act, holding that in the circumstances, the statutory bar was rendered inoperative.<br /><br />The employers in Ryan Estate paid into the workers’ compensation regime, and some of the claimants received benefits, but the employers were not protected by the statutory bar. In other words, one half of the “historic bargain” was held not to apply. Further, the case suggests that this would now be true of all employment falling within “navigation and shipping” and, potentially, of any employment falling within the federal domain (aeronautics, fishing etc) where there is federal legislation that, like the Marine Liability Act, can be construed as giving rise to a federal “right” of action.<br /><br />The Court distinguished Mersey Seafoods Ltd. on the basis that occupational health and safety is essentially one aspect of labour relations, which on fishing boats is generally a provincial undertaking. The conclusion in Ryan Estate has left the somewhat peculiar result that while the fishery is subject to provincial occupational health and safety regulation, it is not subject to at least the statutory bar provisions of the provincial workers’ compensation regime, although the two pieces of legislation are closely interconnected.<br /><br />The Court did not discuss or consider the Laboucane or Dionne decisions mentioned above. In each of those cases, the respective Courts undertook a perhaps more pragmatic analysis of the interaction of the federal undertaking and provincial workers’ compensation statutory bar.<br /><br />In Laboucane, the Court held that the statutory bar was solely within the exclusive jurisdiction of the province. The Court reasoned that the statutory bar was not “integrally connected with maritime matters” and that the fact that the accident happened on a vessel was “not enough to displace the characterization of the claim [of the claimant] as arising out of a workplace incident.” We would suggest the reasoning in Laboucane is equally applicable to, and should have been followed in, Ryan Estate.<br /><br />In Dionne, the Court held that the statutory bar did not conflict with section 4 of the Nuclear Liability Act. The thrust of the Nuclear Liability Act is similar to the Marine Liability Act. That provision holds nuclear operators absolutely liable for breaches of duties created under that act, without proof of negligence. While the Nuclear Liability Act may outline a cause of action, it does not create a right to sue an employer that the statutory bar takes away. Based on that conclusion, which we would suggest should apply in the circumstances of Ryan Estate, the Court held that no consideration of paramountcy was necessary.<br /><br />What this case means is that employers in shipping and navigation, and potentially in other federally regulated industries, are more likely to face civil actions resulting from accidents occurring in or connected to the workplace, and are less likely to be able to avail of the protection of the workers’ compensation statutory bar. We are advised that the Ryan Estate case is likely to be appealed.<br /><br />For more information please contact the practice group leader: Cecily Y. Strickland at cstrickland@smss.com or 709.570.8826.<br /><br /><strong>My question (Wayne Coady ) is this..is the Federal Government a signature to the "Historic Agreement? And can they prove this by producing their signature on the orginal document? </strong></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037629920805820355.post-36724806214696739962010-06-14T15:11:00.000-03:002010-06-14T18:23:57.050-03:00Secrete Meeting With Nova Scotia Government<strong><span style="color:#ffffff;">... Business Community, Unions, and the Nova Scotia Workers Compensation Board .</span></strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">The Economic Impact of Improving the Health and Safety of Nova Scotia's Workforce: a novaknowledge Report Card Health - "If Nova Scotia were a person, she would be in desperate shape!" Injury Prevention - "An Epidemic of Epic Proportions" Return to Work - "The earlier an injured worker can return safely to work, the better the individual's prognosis for recovery.</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">" Why did novaknowledge tackle this topic with a Knowledge Economy Report Card? Compared to the average Canadian, a Nova Scotian weighs more, and is more likely to be diagnosed with cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">She is also more likely to suffer from a mental health condition, more likely to smoke, consumer high levels of alcohol, engage in less physical activity, and eat a less nutritious diet. Our economic, productivity, and competitiveness potential are diminished by her lower income, higher likelihood to be unemployed, greater chance of being injured in the workplace and off longer, increased risk to receive permanent impairment benefits, plus she is less likely to have education beyond high school. </span><br /><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;"></span><br /><strong><span style="color:#ffffff;">Maybe there should be a teaching process , that tells the story about injured workers who are being mentally abused by the parties holding this meeting? </span><br /></strong><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">What can leaders from government, business, unions, education, and community organizations do to improve our prognosis? TIME: 12:30 - 2:30 p.m.DATE: Wednesday, June 16, 2010LOCATION: Royal Bank Theatre - 2nd Floor, Halifax Infirmary 1769 Summer St, Halifax, NS TO REGISTER: </span><a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/event/676285789" target="_blank" _moz_dirty=""><span style="color:#ffffff;">http://www.eventbrite.com/event/676285789</span></a><span style="color:#ffffff;"> </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037629920805820355.post-18079782708450964002010-04-28T14:45:00.000-03:002010-05-03T13:43:58.987-03:00National Day of Mourning ...<span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">.....should read National Abuse Day </span><br /></span><span style="color:#ffffff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">Winnipeg reporter Michael Welsh for radio station CKUW gives three days of interviews with injured workers in Canada. Here are three links :</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.divshare.com/direct/11179182-51f.mp3">http://www.divshare.com/direct/11179182-51f.mp3</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.divshare.com/direct/11189873-ac5.mp3">http://www.divshare.com/direct/11189873-ac5.mp3</a> <span style="color:#ffffff;">Wayne Coady interview.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.divshare.com/direct/11197507-434.mp3">http://www.divshare.com/direct/11197507-434.mp3</a><br /><br />We will be holding an interview with former IWK injured worker Marie Fortune. Maries will tell her story how she was treated by her former employer, her union and the Nova Scotia Workers Compensation Board. We will be uploading taped conversation when she was called to a meeting by her union, union lawyer and representatives of the IWK. She will talk about how service providers threatened her with termination , if she did not comply with their HARSH treatment. She will talk about how the QE11 misdignosed her broken hip and her long suffer journey to get WCB , after the WCB downloaded her onto Community services.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037629920805820355.post-50653189494754883572010-04-06T09:43:00.000-03:002011-11-10T14:32:06.987-04:00The mental abuse of Patrick Clayton .......At the hand of a dirty Workers Compensation System & there are many , many more Mr Clayton's right across Canada. ( Some democracy...some political system , isn't it?<br />
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It was six thirty on a Thursday night when I walked into the prisoners visiting area at the Remand Centre in downtown Edmonton and took my first look at Patrick Clayton who was dressed in the telltale blue prison issue coveralls and was sitting on the other side of the glass partition.<br />
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The man who I had spoken to on the phone on two previous occasions sported a brush cut haircut and was much older looking then I expected. The bags under his eyes hinted at the likelihood of many sleepless nights since he lost his freedom two weeks prior as a result of the much publicized hostage taking incident at the Workers Compensation Board (WCB) building at 9912 107 Street.<br />
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I instinctively picked up the visitor telephone and greeted him with "Hello Patrick, how are you?" to which he responded "Well, I've had better days".<br />
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I nodded my appreciation of what I felt he meant by that statement and then over the course of the next 45 minutes I set out to dig deeper into trying to understand who really was Patrick Clayton the man, the son, the father and the brother. More importantly, I was interested in learning the circumstances that caused him to bring a loaded 6.5 Weatherby hunting rifle into the WCB at 8:30 A.M. and take nine people hostage on that fateful Wednesday morning.<br />
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"Why did you do it Patrick?" I bluntly asked to which he blurted out his response almost instantaneously "I just got sick and tired of being treated like a piece of crap by WCB". When asked to elaborate on this he went on to tell me about a six year period of what he described as a "roller coaster ride" relationship with WCB of claim approval followed by claim denial and then benefit reinstatement followed by more claim denial, and on and on it went. "I never knew where I was going to stand with them from one day to the next, all that uncertainty was nerve racking and constantly wearing me down."<br />
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He told of the time a little over two years ago when WCB once again cut off his $496.03 a month benefits which he claimed seriously hampered his ability to continue with his biweekly visitation rights with his only son Brandon who was four years old at the time. "Brandon is my whole life and if I can't afford to be with him even if only for a short time and take him places and try to be a good father to him then my life ain't worth spit" he said and quickly turned away so I wouldn't see the tears that were starting to well up in his eyes.<br />
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After he had composed himself he went on to further tell me about how he then climbed to the top of the High Level Bridge and contemplated ending his life. "I sat there for about an hour but just couldn't build up the nerve to do it" he remarked, almost seeming to be apologizing to me for not having the guts to kill himself.<br />
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Eventually he was noticed by a passerby, whereupon the police and ambulance were called and after a three hour standoff he was coaxed down from the bridge and whisked off to the Royal Alexander for a psychological evaluation. After convincing the doctor that he had no intentions of hurting himself he was allowed to go home.<br />
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"I told the police and the doctor about my problems with WCB but it seemed like nobody cared, nobody gave a dam" he continued. Then, almost as an afterthought, he added "I received the bill for the ambulance which I still haven't been able to pay", Since that time he managed to keep it together for awhile with the help of friends and family, sleeping a few nights on somebody's couch here and there in wintertime, in the back of a car in summertime, borrowing money and collecting recyclables to make ends meet. This went on until the roller coaster ride with WCB reinstated his benefits once again.<br />
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Then in early October of 2009, he found himself again in all too familiar and similar circumstances. His benefits had once again been cut off by WCB who told him that his file was pending "further review" and he was told by Social Services that he didn't qualify for assistance because he still had an active file with WCB that hadn't been officially closed.<br />
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To all outward appearances it seemed that he had again fallen through the cracks of various governmental support systems and he saw his life once again spiraling out of control.<br />
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Out of survival instinct, he says he tried to do very physically demanding work as a concrete finisher with his brother's employer but the leg injury that had caused him to apply for WCB benefits in the first place made this next to impossible. He remembers limping home from work after long and grueling days and having to bathe his leg for long periods to bring down the swelling and lessen the pain and discomfort he was experiencing.<br />
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"I was miserable, I was in constant pain and I was again having problems being able to visit with Brandon on a regular basis. I felt that I was at the end of my rope. I didn't know what else to do or who I could turn to for help", he revealed.<br />
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So it was against this backdrop and with a mindset which he feels was born out of depression, frustration and desperation that 37 year old Patrick Charles Clayton gathered up the 6.5 Weatherby hunting rifle that previously belonged to his recently deceased grandfather and headed for the WCB building in downtown Edmonton on October 21, 2009.<br />
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"I don't even remember how I got there, I just remember feeling numb and that my life was over and this was going to be my last day alive. I thought that I had already lost everything including Brandon, and that I didn't have anything else to lose except my life. He stopped to reflect for a moment and then continued "I fully expected that before the end of the day I was going to lose that as well."<br />
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According to news reports, once inside the building he fired a single shot into a cinder block wall. No one was hurt by this round and there is no evidence that he intended to hit anyone. He then reportedly ordered people into the elevator and took them to the eighth floor. Once there, he locked himself and nine hostages inside a conference room. "I never had any intentions of hurting any of those people, I just wanted for someone to listen to my story and for someone to help me", he stated.<br />
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He further went on to describe how he had one of the male hostages compile a list of names and cell phone numbers so that their families could be told that they were doing well and not in any danger. According to news reports he then called 911 and provided the police with this information. He also reportedly immediately released a male hostage when it was discovered that the man had a preexisting medical condition.<br />
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"I reassured everyone that I had no intentions to hurt anyone, and we sat around the table and I told them my story as best as I could. Some of the women were crying which made me feel really bad but I told them that I was soon going to let them go", he explained.<br />
Over the course of the next nine hours the hostages were allowed to leave one by one under different circumstances, some in exchange for food and cigarettes from the police, others when they said they had to go to the bathroom.<br />
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"Two of the ladies said they had to go to the washroom and I said yes, go ahead. I knew that they weren't coming back because the tactical squad would surely take them away, but I didn't care, I just wanted to show everyone that I wasn't a danger to anyone".<br />
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When asked about the truth of news reports about him giving his personal belongings to one of the hostages so that in the event of his death at the hands of police they could be given to his son, he nodded in the affirmative. "I fully expected as some point that the police would bust in and start shooting and I would be carried out in a body bag. I wanted Brandon to have something to remember his father by", he claimed.<br />
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At 6:18 P.M., however, the ordeal ended peacefully when he surrendered to police after being in constant contact with a police negotiator for most of the day. He was taken into custody and was eventually charged with nine counts of unlawful confinement, six counts of pointing a firearm, possession of an offensive weapon dangerous to the public, careless use or storage of a firearm and use of a firearm during the commission of an offence.<br />
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When I asked him if he had anything to say to anybody about what happened he asked me to tell other WCB claimants who found themselves in similar circumstances as him that "I rocked the boat for them" and he hoped that in some small way he was able to bring attention to their plight and make things better for them.<br />
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I then asked him if he had anything to say to the hostages and his reply was "I feel sorry for what they went through and I hope that in time they will forgive me and try to understand what drove me to do something so drastic".<br />
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I finally asked him if he was able to see Brandon since his arrest and that is when he couldn't control himself any longer and the floodgates of his held back, pent up tears opened wide and he began to cry a river of tears uncontrollably with his hands covering his face.<br />
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Feeling uncomfortable, awkward and somehow responsible for asking what was maybe a dumb question, I started to speak into the telephone that I was sorry only to realize that the line was dead, the time limit had expired, the visit was over and I then watched as Patrick Clayton walked away, swallowed up by the prison system that now was in complete control of his life that he had tried so hard to avoid.<br />
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Written by William Day - CLASS CanadaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037629920805820355.post-71183501518503386162010-02-25T15:14:00.000-04:002010-02-27T01:24:13.876-04:00Letter of Intimidation from two ...<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="font-size:130%;">....legal begals on behalf of the NSGEU and WCB.</span><br /><br />Note: they did not put it on their company letterhead ..but they did sign it.<br /><br />This is how injured workers here in Nova Scotia who dare speak out against the unionized Nova Scotia Workers Compensation Board are treated. I was accused of owning a website that I did not. I was also paid a visit by the Halifax City Police, they informed me that the President of the NSGEU said she had a message left on the NSGEU answering machine by me and that my message was threating to her. I requested them to get that recorded message and we would soon learn , that I never called the NSGEU, because I would never be so stupid. I also requested that they charge her with public mischief, they never. I wonder why..could it have something to to with the brotherhood of unions?<br /></span><br /><br /><strong>Please click on the 2 page letter to enhance it.</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHXA0adpUKiXHM5Q1GJLpxjs0ZBIp6DG3tQ3G_SKVf01uMSaYpHOyZlRUSEImY6yzh7l00ybqy-qAA5PiA9MVL2IHzX9A9PKa9znDFM2rEQ_jlEGKGwRbRkGMt1Zvq-WdNigqDwt9mUsM/s1600-h/Larkin+Arab+1.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 146px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442262716529509490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHXA0adpUKiXHM5Q1GJLpxjs0ZBIp6DG3tQ3G_SKVf01uMSaYpHOyZlRUSEImY6yzh7l00ybqy-qAA5PiA9MVL2IHzX9A9PKa9znDFM2rEQ_jlEGKGwRbRkGMt1Zvq-WdNigqDwt9mUsM/s200/Larkin+Arab+1.gif" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz6GdKnODghcHSy1jle9rOvL0U-E_fdwb3V0xITjwC0lQTKnkSmc0EhmoBXt_3F7Md7gs2TzAeZkVE6gYQe2bniwC8I0_tpQ2em6Vo8IKJsDM1aJMuAhKo09ilzbXYxHbCKkfbvGGsL3c/s1600-h/larkin+arab+2.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 146px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442262071573007586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz6GdKnODghcHSy1jle9rOvL0U-E_fdwb3V0xITjwC0lQTKnkSmc0EhmoBXt_3F7Md7gs2TzAeZkVE6gYQe2bniwC8I0_tpQ2em6Vo8IKJsDM1aJMuAhKo09ilzbXYxHbCKkfbvGGsL3c/s200/larkin+arab+2.gif" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="color:#ffffff;">I guess there was no such message, because I was never charged. I feel, that this police officer was just doing a favour for the NSGEU President, hoping to intimidate me once more. When I put anything up on the internet about the NSGEU or the WCB. I always make sure they know it is me, I have no reason to hide.<br /><br />I am tired of being abused by this government agency (WCB), which by the way, falls under the Department of Labour's jurisdiction. In other words, the "government" which is suppose to be there to protect us ..is being used by political parties, to use and abuse us. So, this is why I refuse to vote for a political system made up of parties that abuses myself, and other citizens of Nova Scotia.<br /></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">As you can read I am being accused of attacking individual people employed at the WCB . This is not so. I wrote Larkin and Arab back, as soon as I received this letter and told them to advance with their accuations,it ended, no further communications.</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">When the NDP formed "government" Priemier Darrell Dexter had two longtime friends on his transition team, they are <strong>Robert Chisholm Regional Director CUPE,and former NDP leader</strong> and <strong>Ray Larkin legal council for the Nova Scotia Government Employees Union. Larkin is also well known for being associated with the Nova Scotia Federation of Labour.So, when it comes to injured workers, it looks like the mental abuse will continue!</strong></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037629920805820355.post-35158357600563845502009-10-03T16:35:00.000-03:002009-10-03T17:43:53.142-03:00Defrocked Bishop Raymond Lahey<span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="font-size:180%;">...Kiddie Porn Bishop</span><br /></span><br /><object style="WIDTH: 363px; HEIGHT: 144px" width="363" height="144"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mFgKFGzuQBo&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mFgKFGzuQBo&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="205" height="144"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjinDvnCPVXMjC4i-nvL2RrCJ4RsK1lo67kYrMnd0qi5cWcE5irIDcdVpXsDkNp18j_vKtjzVTylBFqF8FOdCNaWqz8h4ubacOLR-w043R3MO_VuBNPwht1M2JIWdsNwEaJP50hc2HNW0A/s1600-h/criss-cross.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 146px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388461446962763554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjinDvnCPVXMjC4i-nvL2RrCJ4RsK1lo67kYrMnd0qi5cWcE5irIDcdVpXsDkNp18j_vKtjzVTylBFqF8FOdCNaWqz8h4ubacOLR-w043R3MO_VuBNPwht1M2JIWdsNwEaJP50hc2HNW0A/s200/criss-cross.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">The revelation that the recently resigned Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Raymond Lahey, is an “alleged” node and purveyor of “kiddie porn” should, if nothing else, finally shock all those slavish adherents of the Roman Catholic Church into the reality of the human experience.<br /><br />By the way, the surname “Lahey” has always been popularly pronounced “Lay – hee” for the majority of us, but, somewhere along the way, it has been perverted into the more lofty “Law – hee” … presumably, by the now defrocked “Bishop” to set himself on a higher plane. Most are familiar with that old saw about “the higher they are the greater they fall.” And this is one hell of a fall.<br /><br />And so it should be.<br /><br />I am reminded, too, of that other old trite and truism about “just the tip of the iceberg” that will surely apply in the days ahead as more of the Roman Catholic Church’s duplicity and hypocrisy becomes revealed.<br /><br /><br />Raymond Lahey is not singular in his prurient interests. I can recall the story out of British Columbia in 2008, of a Family Court “judge” who intimidated a couple of young girls into having sex with him by exerting his mandated position of power and trust.Please visit:</span> <a href="http://www.deepthroatcove.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color:#ffffff;">LAHEY ... LEERING VOYEUR</span></strong></a><strong><span style="color:#ffffff;"></span></strong><span style="color:#ffffff;">To finish this article:</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037629920805820355.post-30251445936341288332009-09-29T00:27:00.000-03:002009-10-05T14:27:05.471-03:00Derrick Fernie from British Columbia<span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffffff;"><strong>...makes many good points. Who is the Canadian Museum of Human Rights really for ?</strong></span><br /><br /><br /><object width="365" height="244"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ak8XdSKxus8&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ak8XdSKxus8&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="365" height="244"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037629920805820355.post-16899942318537366852009-09-27T14:20:00.000-03:002009-09-27T14:22:28.383-03:00Liberal Party of Canada<span style="color:#ffffff;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">...are guilty of human rights abuse.</span><br /></strong></span><br /><br /><object width="285" height="144"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0XPKlxCCf6M&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0XPKlxCCf6M&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="285" height="144"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037629920805820355.post-28896570066369857162009-09-23T14:49:00.000-03:002009-09-23T14:51:58.535-03:00My Submission To The<span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffffff;"><strong>....Canadian Museum for Human Rights</strong></span><br /><a href="http://canadianhumanrightsmuseum.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color:#ffffff;">Submission To The Canadian Museum For Human Rights</span></strong></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037629920805820355.post-64809751146772114812009-09-15T09:09:00.000-03:002009-10-09T15:53:50.800-03:00Defining WCB’s Service ...<span style="font-size:180%;"><strong><span style="color:#ffffff;">...Philosophy in Nova Scotia:</span></strong><br /></span><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">Well another secrete meeting was held on Sept 14, 2009 at the Westin Hotel. This meeting was between the Nova Scotia Workers Compensation CEO Nancy McCready Williams and her sheep which just happen to be made up of the NSCEU, CAW and the Nova Scotia Federation of Labour. And it should be noted the Robin MacLean is not only the rep for the WCB NSGEU unionized staff ...she is DIRECTOR of NEGOTIATIONS & SERVICING for the NSGEU. All of these people and unions would have us believe that they work for the good of the working people, ( <strong>WHAT A JOKE</strong> .) <br /><br />These are the people and organizations that in my opinion are the behind the covering up of the abuse that is being administered by the WCB Board and the Nova Scotia Department of Labour, these people sit back and rubber stamp the abuse. Our elected members to the legislature make it all possible and Darrell Dexter and his NDP team are not about to walk on the unions...because they receive union money to finance their elections. The NDP are no better than the liberals or Tories...but then again why do you think political parties are in place? They are there to feed the few, unions and big business. </span><br /><br /><object width="195" height="195"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vKlrwiM1SnI&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vKlrwiM1SnI&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="195" height="195"></embed></object><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#ffffff;">Remember Lillian Carr's Story and how Hershey, who purchased Moyers Chocolates put the screws to her?</span></strong><br /><br /><embed height="194" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="195" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5bOfBud1va4&hl=" fs="1" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><embed height="194" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="195" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/drdXZxJTEZk&hl=" fs="1" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />....................Video #1 ...............Video #2<br /><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">Hitler and his Nazi Party, Taliban also had a Service Philosophy , in other words, CEO Nancy McCready Williams you and your union sheep, are not much better than the Taliban or the Nazi's … if it looks and smells like shit ,then it is shit and the service that you and your unionized staff are giving injured worker Lillian Carr is shit. I am still waiting on a call from Lillian’s new caseworker Paul Malay, Mr. Malay is new to Lillian caseworker..but then again Lillian has had many new caseworkers …what kind of service is that, I mean keep changing caseworkers , why ? Could it be to wear the injured worker down?<br /><br />The WCB Act is empowering the WCB staff and the Board of Directors to abuse the injured worker and deliver good service to the business community who just happen along with the unions run that private insurance company, you call WCB. All WCB’s in Canada are nothing more than private insurance companies , the only difference between then and say SunLife, is that Sunlife can be sued and comes under the consumer protection act…whereas the WCB’s are provided with legislation to abuse the victim and protect the client,that just happens to be BUSINESS, Government Department and UNIONS, who pay the fees. Since Injured Workers do not pay any fees, they are not considered as being stakeholders.<br /><br />I also better understand why the media here in Nova Scotia go out of their way to avoid investigating the Workers Compensation Board … media are business and therefore will not do anything to bring down “their” protector, "they" finance the fund, the Board serve them, not those injured at "their" workplace. This is why I will not buy any local papers or buy into the local media.<br /><br />Injured workers are oppressed by a <strong>bad faith</strong> law Nova Scotia Law, an illegal law that does not conform to the Canadian Constitution, we are not protected by the human Rights Act or it’s Commissioners, they are ignoring injured workers. WHY??<br /><br />Without prejudice<br /><br />Wayne Coady<br />Injured and Abused Workers Coalition</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037629920805820355.post-37777952201305814092009-09-04T10:59:00.001-03:002009-09-04T11:15:15.747-03:00Nova Scotia Government and Hershey Canada<span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffffff;"><strong>...Department of Labour & WCB are abusing injured worker Lillian Carr .</strong></span><br /><br />Lillian Carr suffers from loss of hearing which happened while employed with Hershey Canada. Moirs Factory Outlet in Halifax Nova Scotia where Lillian started out then moved to Dartmouth and was then purchased by Hershey Canada. <br /><br />Between these two companies,Lillian was a long time loyal employee of 40 years . Her reward was to lose her hearing while working for this company and then to be ignored by the Nova Scotia department of Labour and "their" agency the Nova Scotia Workers Compensation Board. It should be noted that over the years the machinery in these plants was very loud and the company did not supply proper ear protection. <br /><br /><br /><object width="225" height="244"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rhhcJcjh1t4&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rhhcJcjh1t4&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="225" height="244"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037629920805820355.post-13830408091082490712009-08-20T00:42:00.000-03:002009-08-20T07:21:08.184-03:00Darrell Powell...<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#ffffff;"><strong>...what to hell are you thinking </strong></span><span style="color:#ffffff;"><strong>?</strong></span> Is Jim Sinclair from the BC Federation of Labour telling you what to say too?<br /></span><br /><object width="300" height="204"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/c10KtYlx734&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/c10KtYlx734&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="300" height="204"></embed></object><br /><br />You can read his presentation before the Senate Committee here , word for word (<a href="http://www.parl.gc.ca/40/2/parlbus/commbus/senate/Com-e/citi-e/47341-e.htm?Language=E&Parl=40&Ses=2&comm_id=604"> Senate Evidence </a>)It is about 3/4 of the way down. I guess the Powell youtubes are taken down. <br /><br />Please visit : <a href="http://civilrightsforinjuredworkers.blogspot.com/2009/08/darrel-powell-senate-meeting-injured.html"><strong><span style="color:#ffffff;">Civil Rights For Injured Workers</span></strong></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037629920805820355.post-15382277886272466392009-08-19T15:16:00.001-03:002009-08-19T15:26:38.880-03:00Premier Darrell Dexter<span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#ffffff;"><strong>...is a liar just like the other two political parties!</strong></span><br /></span><br />Premier Darrell Dexter on the open line talk show Rogers 95.7 , hosted by Rick Howe.Dexter told a lady by the name of Kelly that "government" was arms length of the Workers Compensation Board, and this is an out right lie. I will tell you why in this video.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CgVJxIofhKE&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CgVJxIofhKE&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffffff;"><strong>AND PLEASE WATCH</strong></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ohcanadamovie.com/">http://www.ohcanadamovie.com/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037629920805820355.post-70978973460662894152009-08-18T12:13:00.000-03:002009-08-18T12:29:59.647-03:00WCB Guilty of International Abuse<span style="color:#ffffff;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">... International Abuse.</span><br /></strong></span><br />The United States along with other countries who are involved in Workers Compensation Laws are members in an International Associations of Compensation Boards. Here in Canada the parent organization which every provincial WCB Board belongs to is called The Canadian Association of Workers Compensation Boards,(<a href="http://www.awcbc.org/en/"><span style="color:#ffffff;">WCB Canada Association</span></a>) . This Canadian Association belongs to the International Association, ( <a href="http://www.iaiabc.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3299"><span style="color:#ffffff;">WCB International</span></a> ).<br /><br /><br /><object width="325" height="244"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4ovNRNKuquA&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4ovNRNKuquA&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="325" height="244"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037629920805820355.post-58251067234782343102009-08-17T02:15:00.001-03:002009-08-17T02:16:37.218-03:00Canada's Banks Protected By...<span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">...the politicians "U" elect.<span style="color:#000000;"> </span><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#ffffff;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#ffffff;"><a href="http://www.ohcanadamovie.com/">http://www.ohcanadamovie.com/</a> </span></span><br />Watch this great video clip that some very bright well educated youth put together to help educate the voting fools in this country. Keep in mind..political parties are nothing more than vehicles used by people such as bankers to put in place the rules , "BANKS use to screw you over." That is right, when you elect a political party to manage your "government", you elect a bankers private club.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037629920805820355.post-31464391099188909142009-07-25T14:01:00.000-03:002009-07-25T14:08:39.975-03:00Civil Rights ......For Injured Workers .<br /><br />If you are injured on the job you are most likely to be beat up by a bad faith law here in Canada known as the Workers Compensation Act. This Act was put in place to protect the employer , not those injured on the job.<br /><br />If the legislation were put in place to protect those injured on the job then we should have been made a paying stakehold. The real client is the employer , those who benefit are the doctors, lawyers and those employed att these vile bad faith unionized WCB Boards across Canada . I have put together many youtubes about these abusive Boards and so have Mr. Derrick Fernie, please visit the site : <a href="http://www.civilrightsforinjuredworkers.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color:#ffffff;">Civil Rights For Injured Workers</span></strong> </a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037629920805820355.post-54598722395296572322009-06-23T10:35:00.000-03:002009-06-25T11:13:03.463-03:00Canadian Governments ....<span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffffff;"><strong>...Breach Canadian Constitution .</strong></span><br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jzDUFGA_fXk&hl=" fs="1&color1=" color2="0xe87a9f" width="325" height="244" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">The Nova Scotia Department of Labour are breaching the Supreme Law of Canada, "The Constitution 1982 ". The Nova Scotia Department of Labour, and Deputy Minister Margaret MacDonald along with senior department bureaucrats are using section 167, 195 and 270 of the Nova Scotia WCB Legislation to circumvent the Constitution when it comes to section 15 of the Carter.<br /><br />While I have been pushing for change in the way the WCB Law works here in Nova Scotia...the three injured workers groups here have been kissing the arse of the Department of Labour ...who by the way fund them to the tune of $82,500.00 each, every year. The Mainland Injured Workers , Cape Breton Injured Workers and the Pictou County Injured Workers association are not looking out for injured workers , if they were they would be protesting every day in front of the Department of Labour...but why would they want to bite the hand that feeds them together, well over $200, 000.00 to stay away? <br /><br />So who else are these Department of Labour financed injured workers groups reporting to, the NSGEU? The Nova Scotia Federation Of Labour"? The Construction Association? The Federation of Independent Business or Just the Department Of Labour, who are using this law to protect their business and union buddies ? <br /><br />Please watch my video and then ask the question what is the Governing New Democratic Party going to do to change it?<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037629920805820355.post-2766879817643519242009-06-11T12:03:00.000-03:002009-06-12T09:32:27.968-03:00Did NDP Premier Elect<span style="color:#ffffff;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">...dodge reporters questions about beholding to unions?</span></strong><br /></span><br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/e3mg3ysjuqk&hl=" width="345" height="244" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" fs="1&" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">Premier elect Darrell Dexter state to the media that he is not going to be beholding to CUPE or the NSGEU, look what he has done. Please listen to my video and then try to understand why "I" cannot trust the NDP and taxpayers best pay attention.<br /><br /><br />Read this letter I received from the NSGEU and the Workers Compensation Board's legal council accusing him of owning a web site that he did not. This is just one more form of intimidation used to try and silence injured workers.(</span><a href="http://www.geocities.com/candidatecoady/larkinarab2.pdf"><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">Letter Link</span></strong></a>)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037629920805820355.post-87417849226646946642009-06-02T11:21:00.000-03:002009-06-02T13:47:04.372-03:00Political Blackmail ...<span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffffff;">... Nova Scotia Style</span><br /><br /><object width="305" height="304"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xiVp61Zt5lc&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xiVp61Zt5lc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="305" height="304"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">Hopefully very near into the future taxpayers will wake up to the fact that "democracy" comes to only those who can buy it and that Nova Scotians stop this foolishness called voting !</span><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037629920805820355.post-59712071041007812282009-05-06T15:18:00.000-03:002009-05-06T15:19:27.305-03:00Nova Scotia Votes 2009<span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffffff;"><strong>What more can be said about Nova Scotia Politicians and Political Parties ?<br /></strong></span><br /><object height="300" width="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_xgexSBaKr4&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_xgexSBaKr4&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="300" height="300"></embed></object><br /><br />I want to thank HawkeyeNews for posting this video on the nova scotia election.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037629920805820355.post-4815424962699447232009-04-23T18:32:00.000-03:002009-04-23T18:59:08.517-03:00British Columbia Injured Worker<span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="font-size:130%;">... Speaks Up About The Day Of Mourning</span><br /></span><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">April 28 was set aside to morn the death of workers killed on the job. It should be named the day of infamy because people like Jim Sinclair from the BC Federation of Labour and all the labour federations across the country,use this day to get up on the stage with the WCB and the Department of Labour,and the New Democratic Party, the very people that drive injured workers into going bankrupt.<br /><br />They also help blacklist injured workers because of their injuries, they cause the destruction of the family unit and in a lot of cases,the most extreme cases, they cause the suicide of the injured worker.<br /><br />It should also be noted, that the union of WorksafeBC , you know the "government" union will be represented by Jim Sinclair and the political voice for the B.C. Federation of Labour will be there as well, playing their part..yes you got it the NDP. So when you look at all of those arse kisser on the stage, you remember this..these are the very BASTARDS who destroyed your life and your families life. <br /><br />Do yourself a favour and inform the people of B.C. that the NDP are every bit as evil as the Liberals and do not vote, because if you do...then you will only be empowering your abusers. <br /><br /></span><br />By Derrick Fernie<br />Vice President of the Injured and Abused Workers Coalition<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KyuDl8G0Lh8&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KyuDl8G0Lh8&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com