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WSIB Problem won’t go away
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/735490--wsib-problem-won-t-go-away
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) is a vast provincial government bureaucracy that takes in premiums from employers and distributes disability payments to injured workers. For a quarter-century, the WSIB has had trouble meeting its obligations, and governments of all stripes have tried to come to grips with its financial problems. It appears to be a losing battle.

Billions In Losses Threaten Future Premium Hikes; Independent Review Of The WSIB Needed
http://www.northumberlandview.ca/modules.php?op=modload&name=PagEd&file=index&topic_id=2&page_id=8239
“Toronto, September 3, 2009 - Acting on behalf of its members, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is calling for a third party review of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), amid growing signs of financial mismanagement at 200 Front Street. The recently announced $3.34 billion in losses has pushed the WSIB's unfunded liability (UFL) to approximately $12 billion, up from $5.6 billion in 2001.”

Cost of insuring Ontario workplaces to go up
http://www.thestar.com/article/683147

WSIB loses $3.34B as stocks fall
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/682439

Ontario WSIB Funding Fiasco
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=eb83e348-1660-4771-9804-e47a502aa756

Small business upset by WSIB law on mandatory coverage
http://www.wellingtonadvertiser.com/index.cfm?page=detail&itmno=2117

WSIB proposal forces businesses to carry insurance
http://www.barrieadvance.com/barrieadvance/article/121238

Contractors riled by provincial push for WSIB expansion
http://www.ottawabusinessjournal.com/292972189108269.php

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Small business upset by WSIB law on mandatory coveragehttp://www.wellingtonadvertiser.com/index.cfm?page=detail&itmno=2117

Small business upset by WSIB law on mandatory coverage
http://www.wellingtonadvertiser.com/index.cfm?page=detail&itmno=2117