Where has the Canada Pension Money gone?

There has been a lot of talk in the past couple of decades that our Canadian Pension is dwindling , to the point of nothing being available when my generation gets to retirement age (which is not that far away).

In the past few years I have been fighting for my rights which have been taken away by a provincially Legislated Non-Profit Organization, this Organization is responsible for the coverage of those who are injured or become ill from their work place. As many of the permanently disabled/ ill have come to realize the hard way is that the WCB's across Canada will do anything to protect their profits, which they use for international meetings, rewards to safety groups that basically do nothing, wages and most importantly their pensions. So we can see from their side as to why they want the employers of Canada, which includes our Provincial/ Federal Governments, our RCMP, our Military and those who stand guard of the Criminals that are kept in our prisons.
A recent court document that I had the opportunity to view, dealt with a Disabled by Occupation employee that fit into the latter of these categories, one sentence really caught my eye from the court transcript: " Your Honour,  the court of this province (Alberta) has no jurisdiction regarding the WCB " the Judge agreed and the lawsuit against WCB was dismissed.
(Alta WCB Act sec2.1: States " the Board has the same Rights, Powers & Privileges of a Natural Person")

The WCB of Alberta has made it clear that they do not have to follow the laws that are written up for all Canadians, nor do they have too fulfill their Legislated responsibilities to those who they were created for back in 1913,  as the tens possibly hundreds of thousands of Disabled by Occupation will verify and that have been lead to a life of poverty.

There is now a new way of preventing poverty of which the WCB of Alberta hopes all disabled by occupation will follow, they have their spokesmen going around talking to other Disabled by occupation into forgetting about their WCB benefits and to collect the pensions they are entitled too from Canada Pension.

Many have been informed of this "New" prevention of Poverty, only to find out that once they are accepted for pension , whether it is CPP or ASIH, they lose their benefits of WCB, including any monies that may still be owed to the claimant. Upon collecting CPP, depending on your age and contributions, will determine your pension and upon reaching retirement age your pension will then be recalculated for the amount you previously received and "deducted accordingly".
Mean while the Canada Pension decreases, the employers pay their premiums to WCB, who does nothing for the disabled Worker, the disabled worker's life is borderline poverty "until retirement age" and those who go around helping the WCB promote this "New Poverty Prevention" have no idea of what they are promoting, what should be promoted is the fact that the WCB of Alberta and across Canada for that matter should be stripped of their Judicial Immunity, laws that are in place for insurance carriers to be enforced to fullest extent of the law, and to prevent non-profits organizations such as the the WCB from having over a Billion in profits that is handed over to others, when it is meant to keep those Disabled by Occupation out of poverty and to assist them in gaining control of lives, instead of being treated like the poorest people of 3rd world countries.

After All the Majority of Disabled Workers became so from building this Province/Country , not by sitting behind a desk dictating what is best for others, destroying lives of Canadians, basically stealing from our pockets, when their only goal is to Profit themselves and have others succumb to their demands, sounds a lot like Organized Criminals to me .

To my Alberta Provincial Political Leader's & Leaders for Alberta Change:

The W.C.B.'s across Canada,are a very strenuous psychological challenge, there are many "Legal" or "Illegal" acts in the name of profit, considering that they are a non-profit organization.


We call them crimes; as the actions of this World Wide Organization, violate the United Nation’s Declaration of Human Rights, in Canada our Charter of Rights is very much violated as well; not to mention the criminal actions of Fraud, Threats, Blackmail, Medical Malpractice, Social Discrimination and countless accusations of questionable acts, that are border line criminal.


It is bad enough with the lies, manipulation and being spied on by this Corporation, that they also send their paid workers too infiltrate groups of person’s that have been disabled while on the job and causing disruptions to the point of total paranoia amongst these emotionally fragile people, that they no longer trust each other and begin to question their own thoughts and actions, due to the frustrations of their attempts for gaining a little self esteem and self worth.




Our employers, of whom we had worked for as a team, in some cases like family, others were just another face: but everyone stood beside/ behind each other through thick or thin,on the job , for their employer's; only to find out later, that they were nothing more then a disposable slave, to do the master's bidding.


Employers attempts & successes, to have us not file a claim, of preventing proper medical treatment, in some cases, where employer reports are "denying", the employee had an accident at work /claiming that is not their responsibility & manipulation of worker financial/ medical/ personal information, just to save them from paying out to the Workers Compensation Boards.




So people in our situation find it very hard to trust anyone, even members of our own families; friends are lost due to arguments, as they never "been there, done that", which makes them unable to realize how much control this "system" has on our lives, while these same people have no-one to control them as our Governments have allowed for free reign w/Judicial protection that prevents them from being held accountable for all that they do.


With Billions of dollars in the accounts of these non-profit corporations across Canada and the Millions of dollar’s being handed over to different committees and organizations from a fund that was originally set in place for the injured and disabled, by the employers of Canada, which includes our respective Governments, federally and provincially; while those for which this was originally created for, live in poverty, medically untreated, abused financially, physically and psychologically.


That when the WCB/WSIB decides to deny your benefits; that includes medical & anything else that effects your injury: a disabled worker cannot take that "injury" for medical care or prescribed medications as it is the Compensations system that is 100% responsible for your injury & proper treatment, many have been left to street drugs for pain control.


Some have been driven to suicide, some to criminal acts, others left to rot in the confines of their minds, while contemplating their next move towards the life, they once had , knowing they need proper medical/vocational/financial assistance, of which they never get.


This alone is no less then Money laundering, taking from the employers that is meant for the employees and using it as if it their right too control and distribute as they seem fit, their wages & pensions, with incomes of hundreds of thousands, the people in charge make their living from robbing the vulnerable and being praised for their actions amongst their peers; of who they share the profits with.




Should we have kept our mouths shut, got treatment through the Public Health Care system, visit Family Services for loss of income;while the employer pays the large premiums for safety organizations that do
nothing other then promote "Safety on the Job".
We as employee's know our limits;safety training should be part of every school curriculum, let the employers premiums go into a publicly controlled fund that covers all that is needed, with 80% year end profits paid into Public Health Care.
Be surprised how much cheaper that would be by wiping out the Middleman: AKA Compensation Board.

Conclusion:

The answer lies in the bottom statement, regulate the system; let the employer premiums go into a Public Fund that distributes the benefits, the organizations are already in place, just need to utilize the efficiency of our public system.

Examples:

Mandatory Safety Training through out the school years, with employment specific safety training in apprenticeships/ University careers etc.

Have all health care through the public system, via workers doctor recommendations; including all surgery/physiotherapy & all other related medicinal needs.

Let the Social assistance program and AISH work together, regarding short term & long term injuries/disabilities, in the supplying of necessary needs to prevent workers from falling into poverty.

Service Alberta to assist with vocational training & job placement that is consistent with the worker's personality and injury, they will be able to assist both the worker & employer in creating a work place that is safe, secure, in the workers interests and to the employers benefit.

With the Billion dollar's that Alberta WCB had accumulated in their "non-profit" account (April 2009 report), that would leave room for the employers to receive a rather substantial deduction in premiums, while maintaining a means of contributions going directly to these services, which in turn is money back into the pockets of Albertan's.

This can be done, with simple planning, Legislative changes, co-operation between all parties would insure its success;

Which I believe that many will agree that taking out the "Middle Man" will insure proper care, while being financially beneficial to the Worker, Employer, Government Services and the tax payers of Alberta.

Does Alberta take pride in promoting Corruption?

As most of this blog is about Alberta WCB, I felt it should be put out into the open as to the Corruption in Alberta and as to why our Government does nothing about it, except take part by allowing for the Criminal acts to go on. Bribery Protection, by those who are to have the protection of Alberta Citizens as a priority, only protection they promote is by the Legislated Acts that protect the Corporate Criminals as well as those in Politics.

As for injured workers we know what kind of life we are forced to live,  it is a life of Do What We Say, Not What You think is Best For You, it has come to the point of those involved being fed up with the policies and manipulations, that have no recourse of action, although they will argue different as in you have the Appeals Commission to fall back on , but those who been there done that, realize how much manipulation of information in involved by these Boards/ Commissions/Agencies; especially when hard evidence of manipulation is brought forth to them they still deny any wrong doing, Law Enforcement has done nothing about the criminal acts, nor do they seem to be interested in doing so.

We have a person that is the Head Legal Counsel for the Alberta WCB, involved in a Society of Importance , in this case the Alberta Law Society, in specific Mr Clarence Mah of who promotes the criminal acts of the Alberta WCB.
There are more organizations then the Alberta Law Society and the Alberta WCB that he is a  member of lets looks at Mr.Mah's Divine Calling  and his friends, yet he claims to be standing for the benefit of Injured/Disabled Workers of Alberta, which is farthest from the truth.

With the Criminal acts,Canadian Human Rights Violations ,along with United Nations Rights Violations, Crimes against Humanity and forcing Children into Foster Care/ Poverty, all due to a person standing up for their Rights and Freedoms, even then the Provincial and Federal Offices wont allow a person to make a complaint against a Corporation , but if we were an offended Gay/Lesbian, Landed Immigrant, Criminal or an abused animal then we would have some Justice on the abuses we face each day.

Canadian "White Collar Criminals w/ Judicial Powers & Immunity"

“Only in Canada you say ? Pity “ that is what the world wide corporations are saying as they look at the way Canada allows “White Collar Crime” to run rampant and endorsed by the Government. The Government bails out corporations with Millions of dollars and allows them to pocket the finances for the C.E.O’s and top administrative positions of the corporations while those who are owed their pensions and benefits go unpaid. If you are not part of the corrupt system then you are more likely the ones that are being abused and sent into poverty, whether immediately or slowly over time.

Where a corporation is able to have Judicial Powers and Immunity, can doctor the books to their satisfaction and anyone that questions it will be made into a criminal or worse: have their families destroyed by the “tag teaming” of Government agencies to ensure that any person that rebuttals their decisions will not have the credibility to proceed with their fight for Rights, Freedom and Justice.

Our Government selects people to sit on tribunal’s to make judgment of these situations and depending on the person that is sitting at the time depends on a fair hearing or not, for instance a tribunal had ruled in favor of a person, regarding a selected employment position where the person was incapable of fulfilling the position, a few years later the tribunal with different people sitting as Judges, with evidence that was used prior and new evidence that was not allowed to be used by plaintiff, over turned the previous; the main overturn was pertaining to financial auditing where it had been found that the corporation had under paid the person involved by a considerable amount of Money and yet they had turned that information around and wrote up the “new pension” as the beneficiary had to pay them back for the money they actually owed , creating a situation where they had done all they could to keep this person from exposing the truth. This has happened more then once to the same person and has happened to many others in Canada, as this practice is tolerated and seemingly endorsed by our Governments and Judiciary professionals.

They use the Finances to make you do their bidding, force you into torture with their “ No pain , No Gain” policy for the sick and injured; make you follow  a program that is so painful and over bearing that if you refuse or do not complete the tasks they set out for you then again you are financially abused, most times they remove more then you are entitled to receive, as a person that was receiving $500 a week and missed a day due to a family medical emergency and was deducted $250 for that day. Another favorite tactic is to place a person into a "Deemed" employment, they state the amount a person is to make, at the highest amount they can find and deduct that amount from the benefits of a disabled worker; they then set the amounts of raises that a person would get, can you imagine a retail sales clerk making $32,000.00 per year with a $7,2000.00 raise after the first year of employment?
 You can appeal their decisions, but after a time they will refuse any future appeals on a claim by the wording of the Appeals Commissions Decision , or which has been the case prior, where the appeal letter has sat on the Claims mangers desk for months/ appeals adviser is no longer working there and the claimant does not find out until after the one year time period for appeal has expired, extortion at its finest.
They do as they wish without fear of reprisal, from our Governments or law enforcement, why? Ask our Governments and Law enforcement..  

As time has gone by, Canada’s famous police force refused to investigate, instead they told the beneficiary to hire their own lawyers and forensic auditors as they did not want to get involved, the City police that have the jurisdiction of the where the crimes were committed also would not get involved as they seem to pick and choose who they will investigate, or Ministers of Justice and Solicitor Generals refuse to request an investigation into these criminal acts and violations of many kinds, with the “War on Terrorism” that has gone world wide, makes one wonder who the real terrorists are, after all the main part of all wars is the “propaganda” to convince the people of that particular nation that they are the ones in the right and that the enemy is always the one that goes against our beliefs and principles no matter how untrue those words really are; Remember that disabled workers are terrorist minded as they have no recourse legal action due to the abuses and injustices that are permitted by Governments that believe anyone who stands up against their corrupt ways is considered a “TERRORIST”, in other words the Canadian Government along with its Provincial counterparts.

 Dealing with this situation many of us face, is the problem of Provincial Government agencies will suck the "soul" right out of you, "while your still kicking", and the Federal Government will not get involved even though they made it law for every worker to be covered by WCB/WSIB; Its like they thrive on torturous situations that are just as much a mind game in dealing with them; as it is physical in the forms of rehabilitation / over pushing the injury, causing more damage , is this how they torture/ treat the Taliban?

Alberta WCB has been reported prior for Criminal allegations but nothing done

Here are some Hansard's from the Alberta Legislative where as reports have been made to the Solicitor General requesting an Investigation, involving Solicitor General Heather Forsyth, Justice Minister John Hancock and labour Minister Clint Dunford.

Injured Workers' Allegations, Alberta Legislature, March 5, 2003. Mr. Bonner: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the Minister of Justice: when
letters from injured workers alleging criminal wrongdoing in their cases
with the WCB are forwarded to the Justice department by MLAs, what
procedures does the ministry follow?
The Speaker: The hon. minister.
Mr. Hancock: I'm soffy, Mr. Speaker. I wasn't paying attention, and I do
apologize.
The Speaker: An answer was provided. Question two.
Mr. Bonner: To the Solicitor General: when a letter alleging bribery
involving the WCB is forwarded to the Solicitor General, what procedure
does her department follow?
Mrs. Forsyth: Mr. Speaker, I appreciate this question, and that is a very
good question. If there are accusations about bribery, we will forward that
letter and have the police investigate.
Mr. Hancock: If I could supplement that answer, Mr. Speaker. I'm going to
assume that a similar question was asked of myself, and the proper process,
of course, would be the same: to refer it to the police for investigation.
Mr. Bonner: To the Solicitor General, Mr. Speaker: given that the WCB is
an arm's-length organization from the government, why did the Solicitor
General's department choose not to send a letter to the police but, instead,
sent the letter of investigation to the WCB to have them explain it away?
Mrs. Forsyth: well, Mr. Speaker, you know, I appreciate what the hon.
member is saying. I really don't know what he's talking about. If he'd be
kind enough to send me the infbrmation, I'll certainly look into it.
The Justice Minister is misrepresenting the truth to the public.
The Solicitor General is misrepresenting the truth to the public.
This is abuse of Parliamentary Privilege, intentionally misleading the
public, must be stopped!

Alberta Legislative Hansard 2003-03-06 page 7

Injured Workers’ Allegations
Mr. Bonner: Mr. Speaker, yesterday I tabled documents in this
House that clearly illustrate the violation of the right to natural
justice of an injured worker. In the tabled letter from the Solicitor
General’s public security department to the fraud investigation
department of theWorkers’ Compensation Board, the public security
department asked, “Can you please review and advise me what
information should be provided from the Solicitor General to [the
injured worker].” To the Solicitor General: why, given the Solicitor
General’s and the Minister of Justice’s comments yesterday, was
there no police investigation after allegations concerning bribery
were forwarded to the Solicitor General?
The Speaker: The hon. minister.
2:20
Mrs. Forsyth: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Again, we’re at a question
that was asked yesterday, and I had gone back to my office immediately
after the questions and forwarded a letter to the hon. member
asking him to provide documentation. I still haven’t received that,
but I have been doing some investigation, and I have some tablings
that I’d like to present in regard to the injured worker he’s talking
about.
I’d like to quote from my letter that I wrote to the person he is
referring to.
In regards to the allegations of bribery within the Workers’ Compensation
Board, I would encourage you to forward this information,
in writing, to the Calgary Police Service. My department does
not have investigative authority to address this.
The Speaker: The hon. member.
Mr. Bonner: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the same minister: since
this injured worker cannot trust the Solicitor General for a fair and
unbiased review of his complaint, who in the province should he
turn to?
Mrs. Forsyth:Mr. Speaker, you know, you wonder how low they’ll
go. Through all of this information and all of this stuff I have to tell
you that I got a call from someone, and they said: don’t get off the
horse to fight the pigs, Heather.
I would like to mention again that I have directed the person who
is inquiring about this particular issue: “In regards to the allegations
of bribery within the Workers’ Compensation Board, I would
encourage you to forward this information, in writing, to the Calgary
Police Service.” This has nothing to do with my department. I have
told him to refer it to the Calgary Police Service.

Alberta Hansard 2003-03-06
Mr. Bonner: To the same minister, Mr. Speaker: given that tabled
WC benefits payment documents indicated that the injured worker
received a pension of $155,199.06, of which he has not received to
this day 1 cent, will the Solicitor General commit to conducting an
investigation into this matter?
Mrs. Forsyth: Mr. Speaker, again the hon. member has asked me a
question – this is a dispute that this particular person has with the
WCB and obviously some payments that he feels he’s due. He can
contact the Minister of Human Resources, and certainly they’ll try
and do something.
Mr. Dunford: What’s happening here isn’t right. The hon. member
in the opposition is trying to cast aspersions on an hon. member
that’s trying to do her job.
Now, he knows very well that I’m the minister responsible for the
legislation, and if he’s got something like this, then it should be
showing up on my desk. Let’s start directing the responsibility
where it is. He knows very well that I’ll take up this case.
Don’t you go start picking on some other ministers. It’s here
where the responsibility is, and you know that.
Mr. Bonner: To the same minister, Mr. Speaker: given that tabled
WC benefits payment documents indicated that the injured worker
received a pension of $155,199.06, of which he has not received to
this day 1 cent, will the Solicitor General commit to conducting an
investigation into this matter?
Mrs. Forsyth: Mr. Speaker, again the hon. member has asked me a
question – this is a dispute that this particular person has with the
WCB and obviously some payments that he feels he’s due. He can
contact the Minister of Human Resources, and certainly they’ll try
and do something.
Mr. Dunford: What’s happening here isn’t right. The hon. member
in the opposition is trying to cast aspersions on an hon. member
that’s trying to do her job.
Now, he knows very well that I’m the minister responsible for the
legislation, and if he’s got something like this, then it should be
showing up on my desk. Let’s start directing the responsibility
where it is. He knows very well that I’ll take up this case.
Don’t you go start picking on some other ministers. It’s here
where the responsibility is, and you know that.
The Speaker:The hon. Member forEdmonton-Strathcona, followed
by the hon. Member for Calgary-Buffalo.

Alberta Hansard 2003-03-10

Mr. Bonner: Mr. Speaker, on March 5,2003, the Solicitor General in response to my questions
regarding the WCB said, "If there are [any] accusations about bribery, we will forward that
letter and have the police investigate." But on the same day I tabled documents showing that
the Solicitor General's office didn't forward the letter to the police but, instead, forwarded it to
the accused organization, the WCB, requesting that the WCB tell the Solicitor General's office
what to tell the injured worker. To the Solicitor General: given that the Solicitor General's
policy is to forward allegations to the police, why was the issue not forwarded to the police but
to the WCB?
The Speaker: The hon. minister.
Mrs. Forsyth: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My understanding is that when the matter was
forwarded to WCB, it was about a clarification; it wasn't about the bribery issue. WCB had
responded and said that there was information that they could not provide to our department.
We since then, if I may be so bold, have written the particular individual that he's referring to
two letters, one that was addressed on January l4 and another letter on February 27, thanking
him for his letter of February 7 , in which I wanted to clarify regarding his concerns to the
WCB, and I appreciate the information that he's forwarded to me.
Concerns involving the WCB do not fall within my mandate, and I said, as I outlined in my
previous conversations, "I understand that you are forwarding your allegation of fraud within
the [WCB] to the Calgary Police Service," and I again reiterate that "the Calgary Police Service
has the authority to investigate such issues." I also noted in my letter to him on the date of the
27th of February that I have forwarded his concerns to the Minister of Human Resources and
Employment.
Mr. Bonner: To the same minister: was the suggested response from the WCB the same
response that the minister forwarded to the injured worker?
Mrs. Forsyth: Mr. Speaker, again I want to reiterate that the fact is that the person that is
alleging allegations in regard to bribery to the WCB has a process in place. That process that's
in place is to contact the Calgary Police Service if he's got allegations of bribery. If after he has
forwarded it to the Calgary Police Service he does not like the answer that the chief of police
gives him, he has the ability to forward his concern and appeal to the Law Enforcement Review
Board. The process is in place for this poor, injured worker, and all he has to do is follow it.
The Speaker: The hon. member.
Mr. Bonner: Yes, Mr. Speaker. To the minister of human resources: given your intervention on
Thursday, when did your ministry become responsible for fraud and bribery in this province?
Mr. Dunford: That is so typical of this member in this particular file. If we want to see how low
anybody can go, we just have to use him as a perfect example. We'll just let the Hansard record
- people can read, and they can read where he's coming from.

Alberta Hansard's
http://api.ning.com/files/nG3dXyOECRhqDjbsYh9F8OogZa2Ysl9JEdOe4it9fEo_/20030306BillBonner130pm.pdf

http://api.ning.com/files/vggr6Pblsqxn*GMzWEQ8lXwvhkyrmiDN7DCJ68eQGLs_/20030310BillBonner.PDF
http://api.ning.com/files/BdTG9r1Qc7WA8tJbYBxQqhlv47ERHGPjYGi-1m9umDg_/20030305BillBonner.PDF
Here are a couple of links that pertain indirectly to this situation.
http://abusebyalbertasworkerscompensation.blogspot.com/2009/03/auditor-generals-report-on-alberta-wcb.html
http://www.mapleleafweb.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=5621
http://www.ciws.ca/hansard_taft_macdonald_dunford_evans_hancock_snelgrove_mason_2002.htm

Letter to Mr.Mah ; Legal Representative to the WCB of Alberta

Mr.Mah
I would like to address a few issue's with you pertaining to criminal activities of the Alberta Workers Compensation Board, from fraud, blackmail and extortion to United Nations Human Rights Violations,
as well as the conduct of some WCB employee's.

What right does a WCB representative have to threaten Members of the Appeals Commission with court action against them if they follow through with a hearing pertaining to false financial reports and the practice of manipulating various types of information.

What give the Workers Compensation Board the right to choose an employment for a Disabled Person that they have no desire to participate in or have a suitable personality for that forced occupation, which in turn is a conflict of interest of the United Nations Declaration of Rights concerning the Slavery clause as being forced into an occupation and the wages for such employment are forced upon the Disabled Person, for the reason of reducing benefits and forcing those people into poverty.

What gives a WCB employee who is not medically trained, the power to over ride a Physicians instructions on medical care and rehabilitation, while forcing that person into more physical injury and unnecessary pain.

WCB employees forcing person's into academics that they are unqualified for,refusing to provide them with the academics that they need to succeed, while stipulating rules of pass, fail or drop out the WCB is done with them.

Why should these already disabled people, be subjected to Physiological terrorism by the employees of the Workers Compensation Board and its affiliate businesses, by accusing the disabled person as being a malingerer or non-compliant due to their pain threshold is at the limit and yet are forced to continue by those who are for the most part unqualified for their positions.

WCB's contact with the department of Family Services to have a family denied assistance due to the Deeming of Employment and Manipulation of Information and having that same family into the courts fighting for their children due to the corrupt actions of the Alberta Workers Compensation Board.

Extortion of monies from the disabled person's and the rise in premiums to the employer's, (I speak of the 2003 Auditor Generals report specifically and to the T-5's issued for that year)

Medical malpractice by employees and Doctors of the Alberta Workers Compensation Board, by not fully diagnosing the patients or Staff's claimed Medical knowledge from reading medical reports, to the abusive and inhumane treatment of person's at the WCB sponsored rehabilitation Centers.

For a non-profit organization you have accumulated a lot of Finances, Property and an extreme amount of high paid staff all at the cost of disabled people and the employers that are forced to be subject to the criminal and inhumane practices of a money laundering business.

Sincerely
Ken

Will Federal Investigation expose Human Rights Violations in Alberta

December 10th 2009 U.N human Rights protests across Canada were hampered by cold weather,as many permanently injured workers are affected by cold/ damp weather and were unable to make it out, but that did not stop those that were able to get to their MLA/MPP's offices or to the Provincial or Federal Human Rights Offices. In Edmonton Alberta, one person had approached the Provincial Human Rights office, was not carrying any signs or making any comments what so ever, he went up into the office looking for other friends that he was to meet there. When he approached the main door he was confronted by a security guard, who then escorted the man off the property before the protest even started.

Canada Place the building downtown Edmonton which houses the Federal Human Rights Commission, was a similar story with a twist. Two disabled men had been carrying signs regarding Human Rights violations, when they approached the face of the Canada Place, a lady came running out, no coat or anything to protect her from the -20c weather, asked for a brochure that the men were handing out, as they watched her run back into the building they noticed a group of people taking pictures of them from inside, so in true protest fashion they in turn took their own pictures of those watching them.These two men never went into Canada Place but yet they were told to leave, as they were on private property, 1 it is a federal building, 2 the sidewalk is public property. The two men were threatened by Canada Place Security Commissionaires that if they do not remove themselves from the property the Edmonton Police Service were on hand to escort these men away or possibly arrested. Some passers bye had over heard this and came to assistance the disabled gentlemen, those people were telling the Commissionaires that it was indeed public property and they had no right to remove those men for a peaceful protest. It has now come to our attention that those commissionaires were informed by the Private managing company what to say and how to execute the procedure of removing these men from outside the building, there is probably more to this story on that part that hopefully will come out of the Federal Investigation that has been started due to this situation.

The questions I have is why both Human Rights Commissions had stopped the protesters when it is not illegal? Who handed out the original orders? Were the Human Rights Offices working together on this? With all the Human Rights Violations that are presently being practiced across Canada and especially in Alberta, one would think let them rattle on and go nowhere, but with them attempting to stop the protesters they in all reality have brought out even more attention. I certainly look forward to the Federal Investigation into these situations, pertaining to the actions of the managing company and the Commissionaires. Hopefully this Investigation will be expanded into the Human Rights Violations that occur here,let true honest Justice be served, as we all know there is no true Justice in this Province when it comes to Government Crimes.

WCB Hostage taking could have been Prevented

October 21st ,2009 was not a great day in Edmonton Alberta, the hostage taking at Alberta’s Worker’s Compensation Board was a very depressing situation for the employees of WCB and for the injured worker and his family. In all reality "ALL" were the victims of WCB abuse, with their policies and practices to "Profit" (as they are a nonprofit organization) any way they can, which unfortunately leads the injured worker into poverty and loss of family, loss of home and sometimes suicide.
The man that did the hostage taking Patrick Clayton, was a man at the end of his rope, I would imagine he attempted every avenue of appeal within the WCB, as many of Alberta’s injured workers have done. After the appeals the only recourse of help is going to your MLA, to the Ombudsman, Premier, lawyers, media and protesting, as many injured workers have found out, each and every one of these last options are dead ends.

From my personal experiences with the WCB and the fight that I have been forced into, it has come to my realization that no matter what direction a person attempts to go, whether it is though the appeals process or just trying to get a claims manager to accept your Doctor’s report, it is a hassle. WCB staff and employers will and have attempted to close down an injury claim before it starts, to those that wish to ignore the actions of the WCB, like MLA Doug Griffiths and his P.C political party, we do have the proof.

I attempted to make Mr. Griffiths aware that all of the hostage taking could have been prevented, however each time I made a statement as to the abuse of the WCB he would twist my words into me claiming that the hostage taking was justified and continued to state that I have a twisted, terrorist mind an should seek physiological help, all for speaking out against the WCB and his political party that were the roots of the situation.

He kept asking for proof so I would direct him to websites with the information, his reply was give me something that he could verify, while the proof is in my possession; this went over and over repeatedly as if he and I were on the legislative floor wasting time continually repeating the words, as they so often do. By the end of the night which shortly after 12 am, I challenged Mr. Griffiths to prove me wrong, have an investigation into all that I stated about WCB or to prove me right by doing nothing as the Alberta legislature has done pertaining to the WCB for many years, decades in fact. Nearing the end of our conversation he informed me that he does not have the power to request an investigation, but he does have the power to present it on the floor of the legislative, which he refused to comment on and ended our conversation with an accusation that I need help, which he cannot give and mentioned that he wanted to know my name so he could find me the help I needed, and for me to go to bed as I need sleep more so then he did.

What I learned from this conversation is that anyone that speaks out against the WCB in this matter is considered a terrorist and after informing him that if the Alberta Legislative
had done their job properly years ago, that this situation would most likely not have happened, I was then again accused of being a twisted individual with a terrorist mind.

I had spent the day on the internet informing people that the WCB is not the victim here, they are the cause, with judicial powers and immunity to any court action, it is allowed free reign to do what ever they wish, I have talked with many about this organization from injured workers, advocates and lawyers and it is the same about the unfairness to the injured and one sidedness to the employer.
Justice MacLean: Alberta Court of Queens Bench has commented on the unfairness of the WCB, “This is not a level playing field, it is not fair, and it offends the basic principles of natural justice."

Yet this Alberta government allows this to keep going on, is it because they promote corruption or that the injured workers are a waste of their time and let fall into cracks of time and be forgotten?
The WCB has tactics of their own as well, from manipulating files, whether medical, financial or personal, they do it to justify their end goal of profit and savings for the employer, yet WCB is a non-profit organization with over a Billion in its account as of April 2009. There are many different tactics that they use as well, mainly the use of word manipulation, where if an injured worker questions an action of the WCB they are declared non-compliant and then all benefits are cut off until that person makes it to the appeals commission which can take up a year and some have gone a lot longer.
From deeming of employment to denial of doctors reports, they will do anything to the injured they wish, it is kiss their feet as (in their minds) they are holier then thou and if you don’t agree with that then you can no-longer come into our building as they will and have, written people up as a threat when no threatening actions have ever been made.

If all that isn’t enough to deter you from fighting for your rights, they will contact another arm’s length agency to also start harassing the injured worker. People should question how many injured workers have been forced to Social Assistance when it is the WCB’s responsibility to care for the injured worker, if nothing is done about this criminal organization the there most likely will be more situations like October 21st ,2009.

What Injured Albertan's say about WCB

Some posted their names others wish to remain anonymous due to fear of repercussions by the Workers Compensation Board of Alberta.Comments of Injured workers and Advocates.These comments were copied from http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/remove-queens-bench-status-from-workers-compensation-boards-court/signatures-page2.html and also from http://www.gopetition.com/online/19942/signatures-page1.html as there are also many other comments from across Canada.However the story is the same all across this nation, corruption and deceit, abuse of power and abuse of the injured just to make the lives of those that work for the Workers Compensation Boards all that mush more pleasurable while the injured of who this organization was created for are forced into poverty,loss of property, loss of families and in some cases loss of life.

Calgary Alberta; Inefficient, too much lies and currupted.

Maria Farmer Drumheller,Alberta; WCB needs to be accountable

John Emmons Drumheller,Alberta ; The injured are not treated fairly.

Brent McGillis Edmonton,Alberta ; Citizens in Canada who are above the Law. How come there is not a Class Action Lawyer in Toronto that can sue these guys under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms? It says explicitly in the charter that we as a group of disabled persons may not be discriminated against. The gov't has stripped an entire class of citizens of there human rights, because we are gimps? Are there any lawyers listening?

Robert Weiss Wetaskiwin,Alberta ; The WCB should not be allowed to treat people like garbage. The WCB takes away our human rights, dignity and self-respect among other things to the point we have nothing left. It has cost some people their lives. The WCB is allowed to hide behind the flawed policies that allows them to do what they want when they want and how they want, even if it costs the injured worker their life. Time the government that represents the tax paying citizens that built this country do something about it.

Ken Balacko Calgary,Alberta ;I was forced to work, under threats of being dismissed, to sit near toxic gases (coal methane gas and brake fluid toxic solvents) and hospitalized after but in spite of emergency doctors requests for WCB to have an investigation and poison control and Occupational Health and Safety to investigate, WCB refused to admit the incident took place. Ten of my co-workers wittnessed this act but the companies involved can't be sued and are protected by the WCB Act.

Elizabeth Church Wetaskiwin,Alberta ; I have had nothing but trouble with wcb since june of 2000. I have a spinal injury and had 2 surgergies.

Kathlyn Worsley Cochrane,AB ; WCB seems to be able to answer to no one

Daniel Hunter Edmonton,Alberta ; The creation of a court to police the actions of the business it is a part of is ridiculous. Even worse is to staff it with political appointees selected to favor the business itself. WCB Alberta tribunals are a farce and nothing more than a kangaroo court.
When their decisions are appealed to a real court with a real judge all he can do is refer it back to them.
A standard catch 22.It has to be changed.

Sabina Cincer Calgary,AB ; For almost 10 years I have had ailments, which have stemmed from a fall that occurred on my employer’s premises. I received WCB compensation until Sep.99. An “independent WCB doctor had declared me as healthy.
My symptoms, back pain and leg giving out, hadn’t changed. In 2000 I had a complicated elbow fracture. On year later WCB reopened my file. At some point WCB forced me to give up Physio and despite my surgeon’s order to start a program at their Rehab Centre where I have caught RSD.

Monique Ceresney Delburne,AB ; The WCB is not performing as it was set up to do. It is neccessary to re-evaluate how the decision-making is performed, whether it REALLY protects workers and ensures thier safety and most importantly whether it helps injured workers in a non-adversarial way. Workers should have more options if they feel the board's decisions are not balanced and fair.

Joan Standish Red Deer,Alberta ; WCB needs a complete overhaul. This organization is extremely corrupt. The injured workers of Alberta need to be dealt with fairly, honestly and quickly, with out the interference of the stakeholders(employers). The stakeholders and the case managers are worried about the dollar they may be assessed or the money they won't receive in bonuses for getting injured workers off the benefits they are legally entitled to.

Norman Standish Sr. Red Deer,Alberta ; We have been representing injured workers since 1992 and a complete overhaul of this system is definitely required. We need to stop the corruption that exists. Many injured workers are left with no recourse after they are denied their rightful benefits. More weight and evidence is given to the employers (shareholders) and the WCB own paid doctors than the family physicians, and specialists that the family doctors send the injured workers to.

Benjamin Smeenk Delburne,Ab ; The accountability of insurance companies needs to be maximized while minimizing their corrupt attitudes!

Marc Castonguay Delburne,Alberta ; The WCB dose not take care of injured workers in fact many workers recieve new injuries while in thier care.

Nancy Ror Delburne,Alberta ; I have also been fighting with the WCB for 4 years . Thier actions are despicable. WCB no longer serves the injured worker only the employer/ shareholder . The workers compensation board should be abolished. Alberta Health care already foots the bill for our medical even though WCB has collected premiums on our behalf for years.

Christy Petersen Medicine Hat,Alberta ;WCB.....lies to keep money that belongs to injured workers forcing the injured to deal with a life that no one in a free country should have to live. Criminals have more rights then we do.
It is so sick and perverted. I dont know how the workers of this company can live with the choices they make daily to ruin other peoples lives. children are affected by there actions.

David Kachorowski Edmonton,Alberta ; As a injuried worker, I know and understand the dirty tricks and games played by the WCB Alberta to deny worker benefits, that by law, they are eligible for.

Further, Their use of psuedo professionals to write fictional options to support WCB policies is a clear case of malpractice. This should not be tolerate is a society of law. If a government created agency openly advocates malpractice, It is an in tolerable situation. You can't fight the government and win.......

Brenda Hatt Edmonton, Alberta ;I am one of the many injured employees of the Government of Alberta. I have been fighting WCB for help for almost three years. After reading many of the worker's comments on this site, I am that much more disheartened and depressed in the thinking, I am NEVER going to get the assistance I require in getting back to workable condition. I am working right now, but I am injured and cannot get the help I need. They just keep closing my file.

Donald McMillan Calgary,Alberta ; Had to declare Bankruptcy due to my injury and WCB not accepting my claim

Barry Duxbury Calgary Ab ; I have inoperable back pain due to two work related injuries. WCB accepted responsbility at the beginning but as soon as it became apperant that the two sugeries I had only increased the problem, WCB dropped my claim like a hot potato. I have been fighting them for over 20 years with no results. I have lost everything-my home, my savings,my self respect because I am unable to work. My wife has supported myself and my children until she has succombed to a life threatening disease and cannot work.

Edmonton,Alberta ; I have occipital neuralgia from a slip and fall injury and W.C.B. decided to cut off my benefits and medications which I need and cannot afford. I am appalled at their systematic abuse they give to injured workers and this MUST STOP!!!!!

Sherry Milne Calgary,Alberta ; My husband has suffered for 14 years with no help but pain from WCB! It is about time that the gov't that we elected stand up and do what they said they would do and investigate and get WCB on the right track to truly helping the people they were meant to help. Where is this money going as it is not going to my husband NOR any other injured workers?? Companies should also be asking this question along with every person that will or does collect CPP! Enough is enough!!

Travis Short Calgary,Alberta ; I fell 22 meters from a drilling rig derrick in the winter of 2001, suffering severe multiple injuries, including a brain injury, which WCB claims has "resolved it self" and is therefore no longer a valid part of claim, my left knee needs to be replaced,, but since I am only 40, I have to wait until I am 55 to get it replaced, in the meantime I get by on 150 40 mg tablets of oxycontin a month. I was also forced to return to work, further aggravating my injuries and pain threshold. Suicide?

James Wonnacott Calgary Alberta ; My brother has been suffering from an injury for over 2 years now from using faulty equipment while working for the company Tesla. His arm is now immobilized. WCB hasn't helped him one bit but rather has given him great grief. WCB is full of crooked liars, people with large wallets but little concern for human decency. It's time to end the madness.

Antonieta Broda Edmonton,AB ; For some many years I worked under the belief that the entities that were supposed to protect us are the ones that serve to discard us as damaged human beings.

Connie Dewey Stony Plain,AB ; Workers compensation has no right to make workers except less than what is justly due to them. Everyone who is injured at work should have the right to continue to live in the same manner prior to the accident, not in poverty. That is what this insurance is supposed to be for.

Gene Ostrowski Seven Persons,Alberta ; I am one of the cases that cannot work as per various Doctor's reports and Worker's Compensation pays me 800 Dollars a month when I was making over 5000 Dollars a month when I was injured in 2003 and they expect me to live on this. What a big cutback on wages and they feel this is fair. How is it the Doctors reports are ignored and case workers with no medical training can deem me fit enough to work in order to cut back on paying us what is due to us.

Suzanne Metz Medicine Hat,Alberta ; So often injured workers are expected to return to work when they should not be working. This is totally unacceptable!

Medicine Hat,Alberta ; The WCB and all connected to its administration are extremely corrupt . All should be aware of the bloated and highly
overpaid salaries being awarded to these individuals who basically do not have any respect or concern for WCB claimants.They are only in the organization to financially line their own pockets,WCB is a total disgrace , in need of a complete overhaul and dismissal of the people who run it.

Charles Boyce Stony Plain,AB ; I can't beleive this is allowed to happen in a western democracy

Deanna Pilon Fort Kent,Alberta ; My hubby still cant work and WCB didn't care...he did their cookie cutter routines that worked on other parts of his body but not the injured knee...if fact it did worse for the knee than good and they said because he finished the rehab he was better...HE STILL CANNOT WORK!!

Larry Hansen Medicine Hat,Alberta ; WCB totally disregarded my case of chemical poisoning in the workplace rejecting my claim while I had already been diagnosed and was receiving treatment====

Nora Yaghi Edmonton,AB ; I was injured at age 23 and now for the rest of my life I have to live with an injury that restricts me everyday even thought it's not as visible as others injuries. The WCB says my lifetime compensation amount is a percentage of $70,000 depending on how they measure it. Keep in mind they can't measure chronic pain and severe depression.

Earl Forrest Edmonton,Alberta ; I have been treated unjustly by WCB on two different claims an injury claim and a progressive injury claim. Both times I was denied they came up with a reason that made no sense. It is a very stressful thing to go through, and we all as workers should have an organization to trust in if we are injured at work. WCB needs to change and start doing what there name says. Compensating!!!!!!

Monica Weiss Red Deer,AB ; My husband is currently a victim of the WCB's shenanigans... he is facing a condition caused by his injury that may render him unable to work permanently. The WCB has received numerous orders that he is to attend specialized treatments in Edmonton or Camrose, and not to continue with their treatment schedule. Our family unit has suffered due to the stress that the WCB has placed on Ron as it aggravates his condition of RSD. They threaten to stop his pay if he doesn't attend THEIR schedule.

Rob Willis Calgary,Ab ; The soul-less members of the WCB, DRB, and Appeals Commission have obscured, ignored or neglected all pertinent evidence regarding my claim.....it's criminal and immoral.
The entire system should be scrapped.
The members should be prosecuted and incarcerated for crimes against humanity!

" It cannot be said that the Board is independent insofar as the worker is concerned. It is a Board set up to protect the employers. The Board is funded by the employers, and the Board has a duty and probably a primary duty to protect the employer. In relation to the worker, the Board has an overwhelming wealth of knowledge and experience. It has the financial ability to fund sophisticated investigations involving highly qualified experts and have the material presented to them, guided, orchestrated and propounded by its in-house counsel responsible to the Board and paid for by the Board. The application of any standards under the rules of natural justice would identify such circumstances as being unequal in negotiating ability and unfair. This is not a level playing field, it is not fair, and it offends the basic principles of natural justice."
- Justice Maclean - Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta
Wilson v. Medicine Hat (City) [1999] A. J. No. 269 (February 3, 1999)

These are just some of the comments as this blog would be endless, but I hope there is enough here to make people aware of the abuse, manipulation and the deceit of the Workers Compensation Board of Alberta, along with criminal activities as fraud, manipulation of personal and medical information, intimidation and threats, physical, emotional and mental abuse just to name a few. Something must be done, our Government allows this to happen , WHY? cause they are there for the Corporations not for the people and when dealing like that, the Corporations become more corrupt and so does our Government.

Now I know why the Police will not investigate

After I read this article http://www.thestar.com/printArticle/702444 I now know why I never received any assistance from my local police or Government officials.I am not the only person that has witness this type of corruption as SuperNewf has also made public http://injuredworker.ca/v1/node/34.

With evidence of outright fraud by WCB for monies wrongfully collected, monies re-claimed as owing ( already collected) and payment file information altered on claim, I took the information to the R.C.M.P with a formal complaint, the R.C.M.P will not investigate, instead they advised I retain a lawyer and forensic auditor, each at a minimum of $250.00 per hour, yet when the WCB requests their help they jump on the person with great enthusiasm,I also took this information to the auditor generals office and received a similar answer, that they do not do privet audits to assist in fighting WCB, the office only audits WCB's yearly finances (that are juggled to suit the company), our government allows WCB to do what they wish , when I requested an audit on my claim due to wrongful monies taken from me more then 3 times for the same so called overpayment,after 4 different audits by WCB ( each one was different). Later I was informed by the appeals commission that WCB is not legislated to provide audits to the claimants. Where is our protection from WCB, if it is not our Government or R.C.M.P then who is it? Who is there to protect the public from companies like WCB? If the WCB's of North America all work this this way , then who runs our countries? Who police's them? Why are they not accountable for their crimes? I demand an answer from our so called heads of government why this is allowed to happen.

Provincial Government agencies all work together?

In 1999 was when I suffered my last work related injury ( which reoccurred for the forth time), I was forced into fighting for my claim with the Alberta Workers Compensation Board as my Doctor said enough is enough, to many times I had re-injured my lower back and hips, with over a year off each time; and each time to be cut off by WCB for what ever reason they came up with. This last time was a fight that took almost two years of paper and WCB personal shuffle, living those months I will never forget. First my employer Tracer Canada Inc, which is a company out of the U.S; who's representative had stopped my doctor in the hallway leading up to the examination room I was in. My employer's representative (safety officer) requested to the doctor NOT to list this as a lost time injury, regardless of what had happened; my doctor REFUSED. I then returned to the job site with more medical appointments for chiropractor,physiotherapy and my doctor for the next week. My employer then set me on light duty at work, mainly paper work of schedules and material confirmations. The safety officer for the company informed me that he would be taking me to my appointments so the company would know first hand what is happening with my injury,but when it was time for appointments I was informed I had to find my own transportation to the appointment; without my own vehicle as I car pooled to work, I was forced to walk/ hitch hike 5 miles to town then across town to the doctors office; while re-injuring myself along the way. That had happened 3 separate times and my employer making comments of "Alberta WCB's treatment of the injured worker was to lenient, this would never happen in the states; time to get the WCB laws changed so the workers can't be faking it". My last appointment with the doctor after he received the reports from the chiropractor and physiotherapist stated I could no-longer return to my trade as an electrician, so into WCB's hands I went.After two and a half months of WCB's physical rehabilitation, their answer to everything whether you are physically capable or not, which I wasn't. Due to the pain and immobility they inflicted upon me by their routine of therapy,which after three weeks,I had re-structured myself in order to decrease the pain and increase my mobility to enable myself to be there each day so I wasn't penalized or cut off benefits. It had come to the point of a supervisor making a comment to the therapist "why do we pay you when the claimant sets their own program, which in turn caused me more pain an immobility again to the point of not being able to lift myself out of bed or even to sit and get back up again without a type of mechanical assistance; it was then I was cut off and forced to fight in appeals. During my fight in the Appeals process the department of Child Services came into the picture, they had heard I did not have an income, the children were going without food and that I was abusing the children due to the stress of fighting the WCB. They then decided to monitor our household 24/7 claiming it would only be a few days, it turned out to be 54 days of constant watching, my wife and I were forced to sleep with our bedroom door open as we found a listening device beside it. My WCB files had been gone through as was all the information I had been gathering to enable me to proceed with my appeal, which some of that was copied down into our "baby sitters" daily statements.On the 54th day Social Services took our children into their custody due to my second oldest getting two swats on the butt for putting two rather large holes in the new drywall that had been completed a month before, of which the child had been warned that would happen if there was to be any more holes in the wall, which is why it was redone in the first place. Two years of fighting the department of Social Services, only to find out in the court room that they too practice file manipulation as does the WCB, those two swats on the butt with the flat of my hand were written down as multiple excessive punches upon the child's body. What all this had done to our family was devastating enough, but to have to live in a community that heard what the Social Workers claimed made living there very hard, threats continually, literally having to physically defend myself from others that didn't know me or my wife and friends going to odds with each other over this whole mess. As I was attempting to start my own business and everything else going, on we decided to move to the country so I would could show my determination towards and have less overhead for my business; which I was penalized by WCB for not getting their permission to move to that location ; but if I moved to the city they would have paid for my movers and covered first months rent(according to Rob VanDoesburg clam's manager, who was no-longer my claims manager after I moved)

In the mean time I had won my appeal from the WCB, even with the mis-information from my employer and WCB as I was able to show on file that they had conspired together on manipulation of information in order to have my claim denied and another year and a half later we won our court case against the Department of Social Services; although we now had four very messed up children, so messed up that one child had to be put on medications for behavioral problems (not our choice)that were created from being shifted from foster home to foster home.I found that WCB and Social Services both use improper medical and psychological tactics, even in using the worst professionals that are out there, re-writing information, contradicting themselves and posing a holier then thou attitude, all this just to show that worker or claims manger was always right and everyone else is wrong, to the point of withholding information from the professionals that were hired by my wife and I to assist us in correcting what ever wrongs we may have done; which we found out later in court we had not committed any wrong's.
But again WCB and Social Services have teamed up together, it seems that when they want you and your family to live in poverty they will go to any lengths to keep it that way, as I am once again facing charges from trying to keep my family fed, if I didn't then I would be on charges again for not feeding my family

WCB's Across Canada have they committed CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY ?

The Workers Compensation Boards of Canada and possibly those on the international scale; along with the Politicians that have protected them, are in Violation of Crimes Against Humanity.

Crimes against humanity, as defined by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Explanatory Memorandum, "are particularly odious offences in that they constitute a serious attack on human dignity or grave humiliation or a degradation of one or more human beings. They are not isolated or sporadic events, but are part either of a government policy (although the perpetrators need not identify themselves with this policy) or of a wide practice of atrocities tolerated or condoned by a government or a de facto authority. Murder, extermination, torture, rape, political, racial, or religious persecution and other inhumane acts reach the threshold of crimes against humanity only if they are part of a widespread or systematic practice. Isolated inhumane acts of this nature may constitute grave infringements of human rights, or depending on the circumstances, war crimes, but may fall short of falling into the category of crimes under discussion."

For the purpose of this Statute, "crime against humanity" means any of the following acts when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack

(h) Persecution against any identifiable group or collectivity on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious, gender as defined in paragraph 3, or other grounds that are universally recognized as impermissible under international law, in connection with any act referred to in this paragraph or any crime within the jurisdiction of the Court;

(k) Other inhumane acts of a similar character intentionally causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or to mental or physical health.

For more information on how injured workers are treated in this Country just do a search on injured workers or WCB/WSIB, you will find many horror stories of injured being denied proper medical care, physical and mental abuse, threats, fraud, manipulation of files and WCB's misuse of power that was wrongfully given to them in the name of the employer.
WCB's in Canada are protected by a judicial immunity, however that does not apply to International Law, nor does it protect Politicians . As for who gets punished is not up to me but up to the Courts that make the rulings, as WCB's and the Politicians, are National.
I look forward to the threats and intimidation that will be forth coming,as WCB has demonstrated prior and does practice; I WILL meet it with great enthusiasm, it will only give me more strength and determination. Nothing in this world will please me more then to watch a giant fascist organization come crumbling down.

Alberta Federation of Labour and Canadian Labour Federation, wheres your duty to abused workers?

Who or if anyone (certainly not my union ibew 424) will help the injured workers of this province? Those that need protection from fraud, abuse, manipulation, intimidation and harassment. Our Governments don’t seem to care, as there is no assistance from them, are injured workers to fight for themselves? If so the WCB of Alberta (and across Canada) have immunity against our legal system, trust me your organizations part in this is rather invisible, you stand for the workers, where are you people when you’re really needed? After all isn’t this one of the reasons that started the federation of labour?

Instead you just sit back and wait for the opportune time to show you are around with propaganda on how your so important to the working class,,, your like the WCB’s you people assist by not doing what is right for those that paid your way to your position, once their monies no longer come to you or the unions, those people are left to the dogs, while you sit in comfort and pretend your position is worthy. I hope you feel good about the way you do your job, by crawling into the same bed as those who walk over us. Its pretty bad when a labour organization sleeps with the political parties that allow this to happen,,, if only the founding fathers of the Federation of Labour were able to foresee this sellout of the worker.

" IT WAS WRITTEN IN ERROR "

Claim # March 12th, 2008

To the Appeals Commission Hearing Chair

I would also like to make request of reconsideration of appeal #2008-161 due to the interest that has been charged on the $10,000.00 loan that I received in April 2003, last payment March 2008, interest was included in the payment schedule, then added again on March 29th, 2004, including early payout of loan the interest is way above the agreed amount of 12%.
The monies that were withheld from me in December 2001 with the minimum known amount of $19,568.09 from 2001 that were used (according to the Appeals Commission) towards the over payments from non-attendance (years apart) also the amount of $10,810.33, (unknown issue date) that was withheld to the same non-attendance overpayment, not to mention the amount of $4,439.08 the was removed least three times from claim # and claimed that it has still not been recovered by Ms. Garlinski, though it has been stated by the appeals commission that that was a mistake (Ms. Garlinski has informed me that WCB does not make mistakes), yet non of these were addressed clearly in the audit
Also I would to add that in the 2006 appeals decision that certain examples were used to assist the WCB in completing a proper audit, that’s just what they were “EXAMPLES” just cause they had been included in the audit does not mean it was a proper audit, nor has proper dates and amounts been included in the audit pertaining to information that I had brought forth to the appeals commission , let alone the amount of benefits that are to have been received and explanation of the various overpayments that are claimed to be owed. In that Appeals decision the audit was called upon due to correct all financial matters owing and owed, removed and withheld.
Last but least, pertaining to canceled cheque stubs, WCB has their own copies which to compare too, unless there is a more viable reason that I should be aware of?

Thank you
Sincerely

As of receiving the appeal commission’s decision Dated February 15th, 2008, even with this information above shared with the commission, they found the audit to be correct and true. They therefore ordered I hand over all cancelled cheque stubs to WCB within 60 days of dated letter, to compare to their payment list or I am to forfeit any future claims towards audits. Appeals commission stated that a letter from claims manager June 14th, 2006 pertaining to monies owed from previous claim was written in error and had been recovered in 2001, but this does not explain the other letters from previous claims manager/ payment specialists audit or the deductions that have been removed for the said overpayments. The Appeals commission also makes reference to the information above,” as that they did not receive this information from WCB in the file package”.That letter was never received by me nor was in the information package sent to me by the Commission, I have not to this day received such information that states " IT WAS WRITTEN IN ERROR "

Picketing got me Somewhere

March is Anti-Fraud Month, so I went and parked my van downtown Edmonton at the corner of of 99th ave. and 107 street, Workers Compensation Board and towards the driveway of the Legislative Building.
I had mounted some large posters on it, they were written with markers and highlighters, parked there from 8:15 am - 2:30 pm, then went to visit a friend the hospital.
Here's what the posters said:
MARCH is fraud prevention Month, STOP the FRAUD WITHIN our GOVERNMENTS CONTROL
I.D. FRAUD or CORPORATE FRAUD! FRAUD IS FRAUD
INJURED WORKERS have the EVIDENCE; ORGANIZED CRIMINAL's?
ARM'S LENGTH of GOVERNMENT ( with a listing of wrong doings)
NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE; FEDERAL INTERVENTION NEEDED? (yes)
WCB is a FEDERAL ORGANIZATION that is IMMUNE to JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
Along with some WCB comments like:
Weasels Creating Bankrolls
Waiving Claimants Benefits
Willfully Collaborating Betrayers
Wrongful Criminal Barbarians
Wicked Cruel Brutality
Whitewashing Corrupted Business
and my personal favorite: Wildcats Controlling Bureaucracy

Well needless to say I did get some attention, WCB employees taking pictures, looking and laughing, black limousines all full of suits on their way to lunch and back. While I stayed there trying to keep my posters from blowing away in the wind, what bale twine and magnets can achieve. Even had security come to check out me and my van, however I was no threat in any manner.Security came back an forth asking me questions, taking information and relaying it back to whom ever, even tried to convince me that someone will get in contact; in a few days type of routine, but I didn't budge.He later came back and informed that something will be done as I am in dire need of help, geeze, 7 months of no income what so ever, after all the rest of the bull?
Well when I got home that evening,I live outside the city, there is a message for me to contact WCB, well they told me that they will be sending me $614.00 per month, accept that or nothing, so I guess picketing did help to pay my mortgage, for this month.

Hello fellow injured workers:



I have been dealing with Alberta WCB for many years, more years then I spent in my electrical apprenticeship, almost as long now as time in the trade itself. I have been through lots due to WCB, especially when the department of Children’s Services stated that I am fighting WCB, therefore I am abusing and neglecting my children. Since September 2008 WCB has prevented me from assistance from Family Services due to their withholding of 100% OF MY BENEFITS. I have been seeing a high ranking Psychologist in my province to assist me in dealing with the mental anguish that I have been and am still going through thanks to the quazi-judicial system that they use for their protection. Since I have not received any assistance from my provincial Government, I then went to our Federal Government for assistance, again no help just runaround to different areas and/ or referrals back to my Provincial MLA and Ministers. Here is what I have come up with, as our Federal Government prides themselves in Human rights and anti-corruption on the world’s stage, yet do nothing with-in their own country.

Send letters of corruption, fraud and human rights violations to the United Nations, here is a link to the U.N anti-corruption tool which will explain it better; as I read this it showed to me on how much is wrong with the WCB’s across Canada and how our Government allows this to happen is against all that they claim to work towards, especially on an international basis. The Only way is to let U.N know how all the injured workers in Canada are being treated, and then maybe our Politicians will stand up for the people that they are to represent.



http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/UN/UNPAN020658.pdf
this link is a must read http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/chr/complaints.htm


Sincerely fellow injured worker