Motor vehicle incidents continue to be a leading cause of workplace injuries and fatalities across Ontario. It is this fact that led over 100 members of Ontario’s business sector to Mississauga on Oct. 26.

When it comes to workplace injury or death, there is no other acceptable number but zero, says Steve Mahoney, chair of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. Mahoney recently spoke to COS about the WSIB’s goal to ultimately eradicate incidents of workplace injuries and deaths, and the controversial WSIB rebate program.

Provisions for the prevention of workplace violence will soon be part of the federal occupational health and safety regulation, according to Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of Labour and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec.

Blackburn made the announcement at the Canadian launch of the North American Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH) Week in Ottawa on May 5th.

Beleaguered WSIB chair Steve Mahoney has urged labour groups and employers to keep a cool head amid the controversy surrounding his agency’s employer rebate program. Labour groups, meanwhile, have called for Mahoney's resignation.