No help for amputee in the richest province in Canada
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Dec 28th, 2012Re: No help for amputee in the richest province in Canada
Dec 28th, 2012
So, this is an issue because it is located in 'Canada's Richest Province' - or is this an issue with the WCB.
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Dec 28th, 2012Nowhere in the news was the man deemed responsible for his situation.....
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Dec 28th, 2012That doesn't mean he wasn't.
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Dec 28th, 2012That is absolutely true, Bear, BUT it could be dangerous to assume he is, also there is an old adage out there......."innocent until proven guilty", but even more important in this country people aren't generally punished by being denied access to the essentials of life.
But we don't have much to go on here and I'm having difficulty finding much more on it.
He lost his foot in the oil patch, really doesn't tell us much. The fact that he's fighting with WCB is telling. And what does he survive on the rest of the year?
Re: No help for amputee in the richest province in Canada
Dec 28th, 2012That is absolutely true, Bear, BUT it could be dangerous to assume he is, also there is an old adage out there......."innocent until proven guilty", but even more important in this country people aren't generally punished by being denied access to the essentials of life.
Re: No help for amputee in the richest province in Canada
Dec 28th, 2012That is absolutely true, Bear, BUT it could be dangerous to assume he is, also there is an old adage out there......."innocent until proven guilty", but even more important in this country people aren't generally punished by being denied access to the essentials of life.
You're making ' a dangerous assumption' also.
This is a WCB issue and assuming that he was covered by his employer, it has nothing to do with what province it happened in.
Further, there is the potential that he was acting as an independent contractor, in which case, one needs to ask the question of he had an up to date WCB account (required by law)... This is a very important consideration in this issue.
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Dec 28th, 2012I agree.
But we don't have much to go on here and I'm having difficulty finding much more on it.
He lost his foot in the oil patch, really doesn't tell us much. The fact that he's fighting with WCB is telling. And what does he survive on the rest of the year?
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Dec 28th, 2012You're making ' a dangerous assumption' also.
This is a WCB issue and assuming that he was covered by his employer, it has nothing to do with what province it happened in.
Further, there is the potential that he was acting as an independent contractor, in which case, one needs to ask the question of he had an up to date WCB account (required by law)... This is a very important consideration in this issue.
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Dec 28th, 2012Agreed but when debating on a news item you can only debate what's reported. The man was put in a position of going hungry and that is wrong, S.S. is the last line of help they should have acted immediately and got things sorted out after the holidays.
But what do they do after the holidays if they find out he's merely squandered his income?
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Dec 28th, 2012Assuming something that was his fault is the only reason that the WCB could be a bunch of pricks. They are an insurance company like ever other.
I can understand your concerns.
But what do they do after the holidays if they find out he's merely squandered his income?
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Dec 28th, 2012Re: No help for amputee in the richest province in Canada
Dec 28th, 2012Agreed but when debating on a news item you can only debate what's reported.
Very true, but all you're doing is making a broad assumption as well and lets face facts here, it's the CBC, it's not like they have a track record of being objective on anything
The man was put in a position of going hungry and that is wrong, S.S. is the last line of help they should have acted immediately and got things sorted out after the holidays.
Regarding social services, that is a crappy situation, but it is what it is.. I have to wonder where the friends and family are in this mess, did that ever occur to you or is it simply easier to blame the provincial gvt for all your woes in life?
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Dec 28th, 2012Re: No help for amputee in the richest province in Canada
Dec 28th, 2012A disagreement with Workers Comp is a different matter entirely, There is an over all
administration of regulation but not the running of the program by Government.
Workers Comp in Alberta as in other jurisdictions is agency financed and for the most
part administered by Employers who pay for the fund. His problem is with Workers Comp.
People involved with workers comp are not dealing with government.
In most cases one can apply to human resources for interim assistance but that does not
always work out it is based on individual cases.
Here is a situation that comes back to haunt some people.. Those who claim the governments
waste tax dollars. Government employees put workers comp cases to additional scrutiny as
they don't want double dipping either. People can't have it both ways, save money and down
grade programs and when there is not enough money howl that someone is being abused by
the system.
We don't know the whole story and what has transpired, or whether the applicant was entitled
to Workers Comp. We insist there are too many employees in these positions making too much
money and when they cut back people howl there is not enough service to activate and to
investigate claims. If there were enough experienced well paid people still on staff at Workers
Comp or in the Human Resources Ministry perhaps this case could have been dealt with in a
timely manner. Oh I suppose this is another left response, true but people wanted less government
and less bureaucracy and now they don't like the fact there is not enough people to do the job.
1 Is there something we don't know?
2 Did he qualify for coverage?
3 What were all the circumstances of the accident?
4 Who is ultimately responsible for handling the claim?
5 Are there too many or not enough people there to do the job?
6 When did he start looking for emergency funding?
That is the big one, anything centered around a Comp claim is going to hold up the claim for
quite a while.
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Dec 28th, 2012Re: No help for amputee in the richest province in Canada
Dec 29th, 2012No help for amputee in Redneck Country
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Dec 29th, 2012Is it understandable if poor provinces reneg on WBC and don't supply promised social services? The comment about this taking place in Alberta confuses me.
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Dec 29th, 2012I think the news said Pincher Creek, so don't understand the confusion!
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Dec 29th, 2012Ah, so you're going to claim your wording of no help in the richest province, meant nothing. Gotcha.
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Dec 29th, 2012No, I meant that there is very little excuse for leaving this poor guy in need in a land of plenty. To play Devil's advocate, let's say he was guilty of squandering/fraud whatever, you still feed him and sort it out later. You can still throw him in jail but once he''s dead from starvation there's not much one can do!
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Dec 29th, 2012I still don't get what the wealth of the province has to do with it. All people in all provinces should be covered. These programs are paid for, they're sitting right there. The program possesses no more or no less wealth for him to partake of simply because its in Alberta.
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Dec 29th, 2012
Yes, Karrie the same thing would apply if it happened in Saskatchewan or New Brunswick,
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Dec 29th, 2012If he's not on WBC and not on AISH, were is he getting rent money from?
We aren't poor like BC either.
As for the rent perhaps he's one of many who every month has to decide who gets paid, the grocer or the landlord.
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Dec 29th, 2012We are not that poor either, we were probably just as rich as you guys 20 years ago until the lumber industry went for a sh*t and the environmentalists got half the mines shut down!
As for the rent perhaps he's one of many who every month has to decide who gets paid, the grocer or the landlord.
BC will do well again soon when NG pipelines and the LNG terminal at Asia Pacific Gateway are in place.
Re: No help for amputee in the richest province in Canada
Dec 29th, 2012He got maimed at work. He's having trouble getting Wcb. He got stuck in the christmas vacation gridlock that every workplace suffers from the sound of it. Now, he's found the right channels to push his issue, and he's getting the advocate he hopefully deserves.
He's not unique. There are easily a dozen people like him in every province across this country. Less intelligent, less equipped to seek an advocate. They all deserve care, and they deserve it regardless of the wealth their province possesses. These sorts of programs need a better system in place to catch emergency calls at critical times like holidays, cold snaps, etc.
Re: No help for amputee in the richest province in Canada
Dec 29th, 2012First of all blaming the Alberta Government bureaucracy is not exactly the answer here.
A disagreement with Workers Comp is a different matter entirely, There is an over all
administration of regulation but not the running of the program by Government.
Workers Comp in Alberta as in other jurisdictions is agency financed and for the most
part administered by Employers who pay for the fund. His problem is with Workers Comp.
People involved with workers comp are not dealing with government.
In most cases one can apply to human resources for interim assistance but that does not
always work out it is based on individual cases.
Here is a situation that comes back to haunt some people.. Those who claim the governments
waste tax dollars. Government employees put workers comp cases to additional scrutiny as
they don't want double dipping either. People can't have it both ways, save money and down
grade programs and when there is not enough money howl that someone is being abused by
the system.
We don't know the whole story and what has transpired, or whether the applicant was entitled
to Workers Comp. We insist there are too many employees in these positions making too much
money and when they cut back people howl there is not enough service to activate and to
investigate claims. If there were enough experienced well paid people still on staff at Workers
Comp or in the Human Resources Ministry perhaps this case could have been dealt with in a
timely manner. Oh I suppose this is another left response, true but people wanted less government
and less bureaucracy and now they don't like the fact there is not enough people to do the job.
1 Is there something we don't know?
2 Did he qualify for coverage?
3 What were all the circumstances of the accident?
4 Who is ultimately responsible for handling the claim?
5 Are there too many or not enough people there to do the job?
6 When did he start looking for emergency funding?
That is the big one, anything centered around a Comp claim is going to hold up the claim for
quite a while.
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