Canada has failed to meet the internationally-recognized social security standards on employment injury in several areas.3 Among the most pressing of these human rights problems is the practice of the “deeming” of people with disabilities by the workers’ compensation system. [...] The full submission is attached as Appendix B Workers who are injured or made ill in the workplace are suffering as a result of 3 This submission focuses on the law and practice of deeming in the Canadian system of income security for the contingency of employment injury. [...] Canada has failed to meet the internationally-recognized social security standards on employment injury in several areas.13 Among the most pressing of these human rights problems is the practice of the “deeming” of people with disabilities by the workers’ compensation system. [...] Reference to the specific articles of the Convention Deeming in Canada violates Articles 4, 8 and 28 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as well as the overall human right to social security. [...] 202), as a part of the Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations, refers at several points to the continued relevance and importance of the Income Security Recommendation, 1944 (No.
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