Wednesday, 17 June 2015

Saturday, 13 June 2015

Manitoba to ease PTSD claims for all covered workers - The Globe and Mail

Manitoba to ease PTSD claims for all covered workers - The Globe and Mail


The Manitoba government introduced legislation Monday that it says will provide the broadest workers-compensation coverage in Canada for post-traumatic stress.
The bill – like an existing law in Alberta and changes being eyed in some other provinces – would recognize post-traumatic stress disorder as a work-related occupational disease for first responders such as police officers and firefighters.
It would also, like the Alberta law, start from the presumption that the PTSD stemmed from an event or events at work, as long as a medical professional diagnoses it as such.
Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger said his NDP government is going a step further by applying the law to all workers covered by the province’s Workers Compensation Board – nurses, retail-store employees and more – and not just first responders."


Ontario still stalling  on Presumed  Legislation to protect First Responders.   

Tuesday, 9 June 2015

Why Ottawa ignored the military's PTSD epidemic - Canada - CBC News

Why Ottawa ignored the military's PTSD epidemic - Canada - CBC News

Experimental PTSD therapy gets traumatized soldiers walking toward relief - Politics - CBC News

Experimental PTSD therapy gets traumatized soldiers walking toward relief - Politics - CBC News



   In Ontario we still do not have any protection for First Responders . Fire, Police and EMS  continue to be on thier own .

First responders PTSD bill stalled again despite widespread support | Globalnews.ca

First responders PTSD bill stalled again despite widespread support | Globalnews.ca



“I really don’t know what the holdup is, it’s strictly on the government
side, for sure. Because we’ve been getting all the signals that it’s
going to happen, it’s going to happen, and it hasn’t,” DiNovo said in an
interview Monday.

     My name is Paul Murphy and I worked at a youth Jail in Ontario  for over 12 years . Each and every day we faced Trauma and Vicarious Trauma and I became ill with depression and an eating disorder.  I still find myself having to fight the Ontario Government over  this issue. Paul Murphy