Carmine Tiano

Buried in Schedule 9 of a red-tape omnibus bill, Bill 105 would end the rule that stops the WSIB from reopening a permanently injured worker's benefits more than six years after the injury. The bill has not passed — it is awaiting third reading — and the Ministry of Labour will not say why the protection is being removed.

Speaking for the Provincial Building and Construction Trades Council of Ontario, Tiano said that without the lock-in, injured workers "are going to be always under this conception that someone's watching them, that they're in a constant state of probation."

Confidential Metrolinx reports obtained by The Trillium log more than two dozen "significant" safety incidents on Ontario Line and other transit construction between August 2024 and January 2025, including falling loads that landed close to workers and strikes on live power lines. No one was reported hurt. The province and Metrolinx have not answered detailed questions, and it is not known whether the Ministry of Labour investigated any of the incidents.

Director of occupational services at the Provincial Building and Construction Trades Council of Ontario. The Trillium quoted him on the Metrolinx near-miss reports.