Legislation & Government Policy

British Columbia is expanding workers’ compensation cancer coverage for firefighters, adding eight cancers to the existing list of presumptive occupational diseases under the Workers Compensation Act. The province will amend… …

British Columbia is introducing a mandatory crane licensing and permitting program through WorkSafeBC, responding to seven worker fatalities involving cranes over the past five years. The provincial government tabled legislation… …

Employers in Prince Edward Island who missed the Feb. 28 annual registration renewal deadline with the Workers Compensation Board face arbitrary assessments, interest charges, and late filing penalties on their… …

Prince Edward Island has registered 467 automated external defibrillators in its provincial emergency registry, a 25 per cent increase since the province moved to the GoodSAM platform in April 2025.… …

Ontario’s voluntary workplace safety recognition program has reached 100 employer recognitions since it launched in 2019, according to the province’s top prevention official. Dr. Joel Moody, Ontario’s Chief Prevention Officer… …

WorkSafeNB has launched PlaySafeNB, a new grant program offering up to $5,000 per project to help youth sports organizations across New Brunswick strengthen physical and psychological safety in sport. A… …

By Joe O’Grady | Temiskaming Speaker Transport drivers aren’t always to blame for highway crashes, but more can be done to regulate, monitor and support them, including proper training. That’s the… …

Ontario workers can now track their exposure to hazardous workplace substances through a new digital portal — Canada’s first Occupational Exposure Registry (OER) — launched today by the provincial government.… …

The Workers Compensation Board of Prince Edward Island has released an updated information guide for workers, outlining key steps to follow after a workplace injury, available benefits, and rights under… …