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PTSD is a mental health disorder that can occur after experiencing or seeing a life-threatening event. This can be the case for soldiers, first responders, survivors of a natural disaster or victims of violent crime.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ptsd-hospital-admissions-in-ontario-double-in-5-years-1.3065038
It reported on the Sunshine List and the reaction of high-income earners. According to this report, over 111,000 public sector workers were paid more than $100,000 last year. Many who made the list were unhappy about the $100,000 threshold to disclose their income. This CBC news report did not include the reaction of low-income earners regarding the subject of the Sunshine List.
http://www.guelphmercury.com/opinion-story/5614737-low-income-earners-take-on-the-sunshine-list/
According to the Personal Injury Alliance (PIA), the changes outlined in the provincial budget would shift the financial burden of accident-related health-care costs from insurance companies to the taxpayers.
It was one of the showpiece promises that Ontario’s Liberals made before their government fell last year: A $4-an-hour wage hike for the personal support workers who are critical to the government’s plans to shift health care out of expensive hospitals and into the home.
Ontario communities are implementing new, tough measures to fight Fentanyl abuse.
Fentanyl is a painkiller 100 times more potent than morphine. It is 40 times stronger than heroin.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/fentanyl-patch-for-patch-program-growing-in-ontario-1.3070601
Last month, Shenava, 64, was arrested for the alleged sexual assault of one patient. On Monday, he was arrested again for alleged incidents involving four more patients.
When Ontario made wide-sweeping changes to automobile insurance and personal injury law in 2010, the intent was to reduce insurance premiums for the public. Although insurance companies did save money, much of these savings were not passed on to the consumers.
http://www.slaw.ca/2015/05/10/catastrophic-changes-in-ontario-budget-for-motor-vehicle-injuries/
The government is also lumping combined systems of benefits into single tiered benefits. Until now, attendant care and rehabilitation for catastrophic accidents – which involve injuries to the brain, eyes, or permanent loss of limbs – were considered two distinct benefits that had a combined limit up to $2 million.
http://www.lowestrates.ca/news/ontario-under-fire-changes-car-insurance-benefits-1707
Justice Minister Gord Mackintosh said the proposed amendments to the Legal Profession Act would bring the province in line with Nova Scotia, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan, which have already amended their legal profession legislation to allow law firm regulation.
CAMBRIDGE- What is wrong with the Ontario government? They are yet again further reducing auto insurance coverage without requiring any premium reductions.