PETITION

TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED
We, the undersigned residents of Canada, draw the attention of the House to the following:

THAT
systemic misconduct by Workers Compensation Boards and Appeals Commissions across Canada relate to specific sections of the Criminal Code of Canada and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms such as (but not limited to) discrimination, harassment, intimidation, fabrication of evidence, fraudulent misrepresentation, fraudulent concealment, omission of duty, misappropriation of money held under direction, criminal negligence, extortion, disobeying an order of the court, disregarding presumption of innocence and subjecting injured workers to cruel and unusual treatment;

THAT
misconduct by WCBs violates section 7 of the Charter that "Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person and the right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice" by leaving injured workers and their families susceptible to the ravages of poverty;

THAT
WCBs routinely put the burden of proof upon injured workers contrary to WCB Act legislation that gives presumptive status to injured workers thus forcing an adversarial system upon injured workers contrary to the WCBs' duties under Administrative Law and contrary to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms section 15(1) that "Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination" ;

THAT
the Canada Health Act discriminates against injured workers by excluding them from "access to health services without financial or other barriers" by excluding "any health services that a person is entitled to and eligible for under any . . . Act of the legislature of a province that relates to workers' or workmen's compensation" and that this leaves injured workers vulnerable to wrongdoing by the Workers Compensation system;

THAT
because provinces benefit financially and politically from WCB wrongdoing, injured workers have had no success in resolving these issues provincially and have been left as a marginalized group of Canadians who are left without access to natural law and fundamental justice;

THAT
the Criminal Code, the Charter of Rights and the Canada Health Act are under federal jurisdiction;

THEREFORE,
your petitioners call upon the House Of Commons In Parliament Assembled, to enforce and uphold the Criminal Code and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms by convening a Public Judicial Inquiry to investigate misconduct by Workers Compensation Boards and Appeals Commissions across Canada and to assess Provincial WCB Act legislation and the Canada Health Act with regard to the Charter of Rights.