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“Poverty consumes so much mental energy that those in poor circumstances have little remaining brainpower to concentrate on other areas of life, new research finds. As a result, those with few resources are more likely to make bad decisions that perpetuate their financial woes.”
http://news.ubc.ca/2013/08/29/poverty-impairs-cognitive-function/
“The great increase in the percentage of unrepresented litigants is not due to a loss of public confidence in the justice system. It is due to the unavailability of legal services at reasonable cost. Litigants don’t choose to represent themselves. They have no choice, other than to do nothing about the legal problems that otherwise compel them to go to court without lawyers. ”
http://www.slaw.ca/2013/05/10/wake-up-speak-up-shake-up/comment-page-1/#comment-938760
The catastrophic impairment category remains the last major battleground of the insurance industry.
Scammers cheating on their auto insurance is driving high insurance rates in Ontario, say industry insiders. So, how easy is it to cheat? Watch the episode here: http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=994985&binId=1.1147261&playlistPageNum=1
Sunday night at 6:30 on ProvinceWide with Daiene Vernile.
http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/the-insurance-industry-says-you-can-blame-fraud-for-costly-of-auto-insurance-1.1435118
The World Health Organization has stated on recommendations set forth by the International Association for the Study of Pain that chronic pain treatment is a basic human right.1 The Canadian Pain Coalition at the September 3, 2010 International Pain Summit in Montreal stated that “access to pain management is a fundamental human right.2 And court judgments, including Martin vs. Workers Compensation Board of Nova Scotia, addressed severity of pain as a violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights.3
http://www.claimscanada.ca/issues/article.aspx?aid=1002558623
The DSM-5 has received extensive criticism from the psychiatric industry with the National Institute of Mental Health cautioning physicians to “use the DSM-5 cautiously, if at all”.
http://www.claimscanada.ca/issues/article.aspx?aid=1002558958
FSCO interpretations on surveillance practices leave a lot to be desired
http://www.claimscanada.ca/issues/article.aspx?aid=1002557701
When we look at those numbers we see that the steady incline of claims follows the decline in benefits. Quick math – 10,510 arbitration hearings that take approximately 6-8 days (according to FSCO)equals between 63,060 and 84,080 days of hearings. Divide that by the 5 day week and you have 16,816 weeks of Arbitration hearings to work through.
http://www.canadianunderwriter.ca/news/fsco-clears-auto-insurance-mediation-backlog/1002556748/
“The justice system relies often on expert witnesses, and most expert witnesses believe they perform their job objectively — these findings suggest this may not be the case.”