In the March 2017 issue of the Canadian Journal of Administrative Law & Practice (vol. 30, pp 119-144) one will find an article written by Andrew Taillon (of the Nova Scotia Department of Justice) entitled: “To the Rescue: The Grievance […]
Unjust by Design – still out there … Read More »
Introduction The author’s March 10, 2017, post in this website described the highlights and implications of the Court of Appeal decision in Castrillo, the Fink & Bornstein class action against Ontario’s WSIB. The class action claims that the Board was
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THE PETITION On November 7, 2016, three Toronto workers’ compensation legal clinics (IWC, IAVGO, WHSLC), workers’ compensation lawyer, Gary Newhouse, and this author, formally petitioned the Ontario Ombudsman to investigate the WSIB’s systemic denial of chronic mental stress injury claims. The
INTRODUCTION “dissemble” – to give a false or misleading appearance. The concept of “dissembling statistics” is conveniently illustrated in Chapter Three of Charles Wheelan’s 2012, New York Times best-selling book, “Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data”, where the
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