Canadian Injured Workers Association of Alberta
An Injury to One is An Injury to All
CIWAA is pleased to see that the recommendations of the review panel have addressed some issues of great importance to injured workers. The panel heard from many injured workers and …
Canadian Injured Workers Association of Alberta Response to the Final Report of the Alberta Workers Compensation Board Review Panel Read MoreBy Gerald According to the Meredith Principles, all workers compensation systems in Canada were to operate under the legal standard which was to be an Inquiry model, not an adversarial …
Presumption Read MoreThe Government of Alberta has announced the WCB review recommendations. You can read them here. CIWAA would like to share your comments with the government, as there is still some disconnect …
WCB Review Recommendations Announced Read MoreBy Gerald Provincial and Federal Governments tax workers without questioning or taking responsibility for where our taxes go. We know from several studies provided in the U.S. that the majority …
Tax payers on the hook to care for disabled workers Read MoreBy Gerald Perhaps if our elected politicians would read this link presented by a lawyer in a video they would understand why the Calgary Commercial Crimes Unit supported filing criminal …
Impairment versus disability Read MoreBy Gerald Notably, the process of deeming came under attack during the WCB Review Panel’s meetings with the various groups. While the process of deeming workers to imaginary jobs is …
Deeming Read MoreBy Gerald Seems that the Australian Government are also having to perform a review of a corrupt and dysfunctional system which most if not all workers compensation systems are. The …
Dysfunctional system Read MoreFrom the Canadian Taxpayers Association: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s 2017 Teddy Waste Awards are coming up fast! Every year, the CTF takes centre stage in the National Press Theatre on Parliament Hill to …
Teddy Waste Awards Read MoreBy Gerald I received my first check in the mail for the carbon rebates promised by the Alberta Government. Like everything else governments do, they do not stop to think …
Carbon Rebates Read More