Dear Editor,

For years the Workers Safety and Insurance Board and the MPPs, who are led by Premier Dalton McGuinty, have taken it upon themselves to act. When the WSIB bills were drawn up, the injured workers of Ontario did not have the human rights to have their specialist reports read by a board certified specialist - be it back, leg, arm, head or whatever specialist the injured worker had to go see pertaining to his or her work injury. Instead our specialists reports are read by a non-practicing general practitioner and a non-medically trained adjudicator.
That is our human right.
This is who makes the decision on our claims. If our claim is denied, we do have the right to appeal, which can take years and can cause the loss of a home, a car, and could lead to stress and more health problems.
For decades the injured worker is treated like a second-class citizen with no human rights. There is nothing more stressful than to have some non-practicing general practitioner disagreeing with your practicing specialists. I ask you fellow workers when you have a family member who gets seriously injured, perhaps in a auto accident or other non-work related injuries, or a serious illness, is there not more than one specialist involved? And do they not consult one another? Of course they do. So I ask you hard working Ontarians why we do not have the same human right to have our specialist reports read by WSIB board certified specialists and also have them consult with our specialists.
I would like to challenge Premier Dalton McGuinty, the minister of the WSIB, the human rights minister and all the MPPs.
They need to explain why the injured workers of Ontario do not have these basic human rights. After all Dalton, these same injured workers help build this country. The ball is now in your court Dalton and it’s time you served it back.

Lorne Schnurr