Ontario's WSIB will cover 19 types of work-related cancers, up from 17
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Ontario is the fifth Canadian jurisdiction to add those two types of cancers to the WSIB compensation list. British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Manitoba, and the Yukon already have such a system in place. Ontario's WSIB covers 17 types of cancers. In 2007, eight types of cancer — including brain, bladder, and kidney — were the first ones added to the list. In 2014, it was expanded to cover six more, including breast, prostate, and lung cancer.
With the latest update, firefighters have thyroid and pancreatic cancer added to the list of cancers they no longer have to prove came from the job, as it's just assumed. The World Health Organization recently deemed cancer in firefighters as a group 1 occupational hazard, the most serious classification because of the incredibly high levels of carcinogens firefighters encounter on the job.
In the release, Horton said McNaughton and Solicitor General Michael Kerzner have toured fire stations across the province for some time to consult on the issue. The OPFA hasn't hired a lobbyist since 2019, the provincial registry shows, but did have three lobbyists from The Daisy Group working on this file before the 2019 budget.
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