Every WSIB office in Northern Ontario is closing. Injured workers are left on hold.
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More than 700 good jobs are being cut across Ontario. The WSIB is closing ten of its thirteen regional offices, including every office in Northern Ontario.
Injured workers are already paying the price. Front-line staff report that phone waits have gone from 3 to 20 minutes to as long as 2 to 3 hours. Unassigned claims have gone from about 400 to nearly 6,000.
Donald Trump's tariffs didn't cause this. The WSIB is funded by employer premiums, not taxpayers, and the work isn't going away. It's being moved to offices in southern Ontario.
The WSIB calls itself arm's length from the government. But in 2023, Doug Ford's government told the WSIB in writing to explore the cost savings of relocating its regional offices. The CEO carrying it out, Jeff Lang, was appointed and then reappointed by Ford's government.
Four Conservative MPPs represent communities losing these jobs:
- Vic Fedeli: losing jobs in North Bay
- Kevin Holland: losing jobs in Thunder Bay
- George Pirie: losing jobs in Timmins
- Andrew Dowie: losing jobs in Windsor-Essex
Marit Stiles, Jamie West, Lise Vaugeois and the Ontario NDP have called on the Auditor General to audit this decision. Now these MPPs have to pick a side.
Send them an email. Tell them to stop the closures and save these jobs. It takes 30 seconds.
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