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Ontario set to expand cancer coverage for firefighters

Published Nov 22, 2024 at 9:23pm

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Ontario set to expand cancer coverage for firefighters
Les pompiers de l'Ontario devraient bénéficier d'un accès plus facile à la couverture de la Commission de la sécurité professionnelle et de l'assurance contre les accidents du travail pour certains cancers. Des pompiers du Service des incendies d'Ottawa travaillent sur les lieux d'une explosion dans le secteur d'Orléans à Ottawa, le lundi 13 février 2023. LA PRESSE CANADIENNE/Spencer Colby

Firefighters in Ontario are set to get easier access to Workplace Safety and Insurance Board coverage for certain cancers.

Premier Doug Ford says firefighters and investigators make major sacrifices to keep communities, property and families safe and the province should always have their backs.

The government says firefighters die of cancer at a rate up to four times higher than the general population.

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