By Gerald
Click on the following link: https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2019/09/04/ontario-injured-worker-advocates-take-discrimination-concerns-to-united-nations.html
Like everything that is wrong with workers compensation systems, it’s the Government who could enact legislation to stop deeming. Deeming is allowed according to the WCA and allows workers compensation boards to comply with the law. Why in a democracy should workers have to go outside Canada to attain justice.
Questionably is why workers forced into workers compensation systems are
treated differently than workers outside of the system when it pertains
to determining disability or loss of earnings. In a case cited as
Villani v Canada (Attorney General)
https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/fca/doc/2001/2001fca248/2001fca248.html?searchUrlHash=AAAAAQAHdmlsbGFuaQAAAAAB&resultIndex=1
the Federal Court of Appeal relied on a real world scenario rather than
an imaginary world as used by WCB specific to deeming. WCB by statute
provided by Governments can and does use deeming to determine an earning loss by using imaginary jobs as a reference to deny an earning loss
resulting in most workers applying for AISH and CPP disability benefits.
The Government could rescind this but have chosen not to resulting in
workers having to bring their cases to the United Nations which makes us
look like a third world country rather than a democratic country that
abuses workers.
