Workers Compensation Board's Of Canada

Petition to the Government of Canada

Re: Conflicting Medical Opinion

 

Start Date: March 24th 2004

We the undersigned request amendments to Canadian Law to protect the citizens of Canada, from poverty and financial ruin, by the negligent procedures of the Provincial Workers Compensation Boards.

We the undersigned, demand that all workers injured and having been found by way of appeal, eligible for compensation, to be permitted to claim all losses incurred as a direct result of the termination of their benefits by the Workers Compensation Board. All losses, shall be determined by a regular court of law, if there is a dispute in regards to claims of losses, and not by the Workers Compensation Board or its Boards of Appeal.

NOTE: Injured workers have been suffering severe financial losses as a direct result of claims that should never have been declined in the first place, however this tactic has become a very lucrative tactic by all WCB Boards in Canada

We the undersigned demand that all workers in Canada receive retroactive payments and full reinstatement of benefits until a consensus has been reached as submitted in the policy posted below.


The WCB should establish a policy that a Medical Advisor, when used, must reach agreement with the attending physician on matters of diagnosis, treatment plans, and on whether the injury prevents a return to work or modified duties.

Where consensus or agreement cannot be reached, an independent three member medical panel must assess the injured worker, in person, and their opinion will be final. The College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Canadian Medical Associations must be included in the process of setting up approved lists of physicians and specialists.

An injured worker's benefits may not be terminated until conflict in medical opinion is resolved.

We the undersigned find that if the above amendments cannot be included in the Workers Compensation Acts, that in its place the injured workers should immediately be given the right to sue for injury damages. This would include the right to sue for all injuries received from the date the Workers Compensation Act, removed the right for workers to sue for damages.
 

Sincerely,

 

The Undersigned

Sign Petition

 

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