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TORONTO WORKERS’ HEALTH & SAFETY LEGAL CLINIC.

newsletter   Vol. 19 No.2.    October 2011. 

 

 

http://www.workers-safety.ca/publications?dir=publications%3A+newsletter%2C+Workers+Guide%2C+FACT+SHEETS%2C+reports%2C+etc%7C2011+10

 

    

in this issue:  Vol. 19  No.2         Oct. 2011.      

                                                                                                         

 

●Benefit of the Doubt for Canadian Veterans      page 1

 

●case & comment —       

Fraser v AG Ont.  – Supreme Court of Canada.                  5

Ontario Ministry of Labour v United Independent Operators Ltd.       6

Ontario Ministry of Labour v Sheehan’s Truck Centre Inc.     6

Blue Mountain Resorts v OLRB.   7

 

● articling student           8

●apples & confined space CO2 asphyxiation at Owen Sound ?            9

 

●Clinic’s ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING         07 September 2011.       

●annual report.      9

●financial report.    9

●by-law amendment.       9

●Board members.         10

●veterans issues.   10&11

 

●in the press –   

● H2S fatality in Alberta.   11

●“450 troops sought help for mental health in 10 months”    11

●“FOOTBALL  /  Diagnosis rekindles concussion fears  …”       11

●asbestos mining             12

●asbestos legacy             12

●“POST TRAMATIC STRESS DISORDER … RCMP…”   12

●“Labour laws need to be enforced.”         12

● “Aid for vets fall short …”           12

trimethylsilyldiazomethane fatality in Nova Scotia.    12

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●“[W.Va. State] Report Faults Mine Owner…”         12

●“[W.Va.] Mine Owners Misled Inspectors Before Blast, Investigators Say”       13

●“The Strike That Busted Unions …”          13

●“In a Rush to Find Gold, Indonesians Defy Dangers.”           13

●Canada & export of asbestos      

●“Bid to Aid [Calif.] Farm Workers Union Is Vetoed”              13

●“Antipsychotic Use Is Questioned for Combat Stress.”           13

●“N.F.L. Says Drug Testing Will Be Rigorous and Frequent.”   13

● “The US V.A. Tries to Get Beyond Its Culture of No.”        13

●Fashion Week – New York City.  

●Montana -- asbestos.     

●Clarence Darrow -- Wisconsin v Kidd, 1898.           13

●art supplies.      13

●“Student dies in blast in school workshop class…”   14

 

●The Prime Minister & asbestos.    14

●Larry Sefton Park,  Toronto.        14

 

●notes.                          15

●for future issues.           18

●publication data.            18

 

 

News and meetings

Clinic’s submission to M of L re new exposure limits. http://www.workers-safety.ca/remository?do=view&file=publications%3A+newsletter%2C+Workers+Guide%2C+FACT+SHEETS%2C+reports%2C+etc%7C2010+09%7C2010+09+20.++Submission+to+M+of+L.doc    

 

Clinic’s “SUBMISSION TO THE [M of L] EXPERT ADVISORY PANEL ON ...[OH&S] / PROPOSED CHANGES  TO THE PREVENTION AND ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM,”  30 June 2010. http://www.workers-safety.ca/remository?do=view&file=publications%3A+newsletter%2C+Workers+Guide%2C+FACT+SHEETS%2C+reports%2C+etc%7C2010+06%7C2010+06+30.+Submissions+to+MoL+Panel.doc   

 

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – 16 June 2010.  Metro Hall,  7pm., 55 John Street, room 309, 3rd Floor. http://www.workers-safety.ca/remository?dir=publications%3A+newsletter%2C+Workers+Guide%2C+FACT+SHEETS%2C+reports%2C+etc%7C2010+06+++AGM  

 

Clinic’s annual LAO budget approved. http://www.workers-safety.ca/remository?do=view&file=publications%3A+newsletter%2C+Workers+Guide%2C+FACT+SHEETS%2C+reports%2C+etc%7C2009+11.%7C2009+11+06.+Approved+Annual+Budget.doc   

 

Financial Report   31 March 2010. http://www.workers-safety.ca/remository?do=view&file=publications%3A+newsletter%2C+Workers+Guide%2C+FACT+SHEETS%2C+reports%2C+etc%7C2010+03%7C2010+03+31.+++%24+report.pdf    

 

Financial Report 31 March 2011.

http://www.workers-safety.ca/publications?do=view&file=publications%3A+newsletter%2C+Workers+Guide%2C+FACT+SHEETS%2C+reports%2C+etc%7C2011+03%7C2011+03+31.+financial+report+++.pdf  

LAO Spotlight  http://www.workers-safety.ca/remository?do=view&file=publications%3A+newsletter%2C+Workers+Guide%2C+FACT+SHEETS%2C+reports%2C+etc%7C2009+12%7C2009+12.+LAO+Spotlight.pdf          http://www.legalaid.on.ca/en/news/newsarchive/0912-07_spotlight-twhslc.asp  

 

 Clinic’s submission re Bill 168. http://www.workers-safety.ca/remository?do=view&file=publications%3A+newsletter%2C+Workers+Guide%2C+FACT+SHEETS%2C+reports%2C+etc%7C2009+11.%7C2009+11+20.+TWHSLC+Bill+168+Submissions.doc  

 

from the Ontario Ministry of Labour:   Workplace Violence and Harassment: Understanding the Law / Health and Safety Guidelines http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/hs/pubs/wpvh/violence.php  http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/hs/pdf/wpvh_gl.pdf   Protecting Workers From Workplace Violence and Workplace Harassment  http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/hs/sawo/pubs/fs_workplaceviolence.php  

Expert Advisory Panel on Occupational Health and Safety      http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/hs/eap/index.php

Expert Advisory Panel on Occupational Health and Safety / Report and Recommendations to the Minister of Labour,  December 2010.    http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/hs/eap/report/index.php  http://news.ontario.ca/mol/en/2010/12/new-chief-prevention-officer-to-oversee-workplace-safety.html     http://news.ontario.ca/mol/en/2010/12/occupational-health-and-safety-panel-recommendations.html  http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/     http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/907887--report-calls-for-sweeping-changes-after-scaffolding-deaths?bn=1  

 

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

15 June 2011.

180 Dundas St. W.

19th floor  

http://www.workers-safety.ca/publications?dir=publications%3A+newsletter%2C+Workers+Guide%2C+FACT+SHEETS%2C+reports%2C+etc%7C2011+06++AGM