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West Toronto residents call for compensation over construction disruptions – Toronto

After living in a construction zone for close to three years, residents of a west Toronto neighbourhood are demanding accountability, and some are calling for compensation. The basement flooding protection program and storm sewer upgrades on Old Mill Drive and Catherine Street had an original end date of August 2022, …

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Ontario has to pay public sector workers $6B and counting in Bill 124 compensation

Ontario is so far on the hook for more than $6 billion in payments to broader public sector workers as a result of the provincial government’s wage restraint legislation being found unconstitutional. Bill 124 capped salary increases for broader public sector workers at one per cent a year for three years, …

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Public Health Ontario staff awarded retroactive pay as Bill 124 compensation

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 28, 2024 4:41 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Employees of Public Health Ontario labs are set to receive an additional 5.25 per cent in pay increases to compensate for a provincial wage restraint law that was …

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Manitoba nursing students push for compensation whilst putting in the clinical hours – Winnipeg

Nursing student Luigi Imbrogno, a board member of the Canadian Nursing Students Association (CNSA), is passionate about helping others, whether it’s patients or his colleagues. Back in January, he attended the CNSA national conference where he met with other like-minded students. “Being compensated for the clinical hours we are putting …

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Tribunal rules in favour of injured migrant workers seeking more compensation

Six years after a devastating injury on an Ontario farm, Leroy Thomas says he’s finally feeling hopeful about the future. The former seasonal worker from Jamaica dislocated his spine while working at a Simcoe, Ont., tobacco farm in 2017, an injury that left him unable to continue as an agricultural …

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Ontario’s labour ministry reviewing CFLPA’s workers’ compensation concerns

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario’s labour ministry says it’s reviewing concerns brought forward by the CFL Players’ Association and other professional athlete unions. A spokeswoman for Monte McNaughton, Ontario’s minister Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development, said that the review is part of the …

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Cindy Blackstock asks Human Rights Tribunal to reject $20B child welfare compensation deal

An Indigenous children’s rights advocate — whose 15-year battle with Ottawa led to a historic $40 billion settlement agreement over discrimination in the First Nations foster care system — is asking the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to send the compensation deal back to the drawing board. Cindy Blackstock, executive director …

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Toronto senior diagnosed with rare disorder after COVID vaccine last summer still waiting for compensation

Fernando Caballero misses the way he used to be: happy-go-lucky, the life of the party and the protector of his family. The 67-year-old was active and enjoyed rollerblading in the summer, ice skating in the winter and dancing all year round. But now, he uses a cane or walker to get …

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More Air Canada, WestJet passengers baffled by reasons for denied compensation

For Scott Aalgaard, it doesn’t add up. On the morning of July 5, Air Canada informed Aalgaard by email his flight that day from Toronto to Hartford, Conn., had been delayed due to “an unforeseen maintenance issue.” That afternoon, the reason had changed to either “staffing constraints” or “health and …

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