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Kathrin Furniss
Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic
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Lawyer at the Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic.
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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.
A lawyer at the Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic, Furniss warned that removing the 72-month WSIB lock-in "will open up a lot more appeals, adjudication, fights and surveillance."