An Act to amend the Government Employees Compensation Act
Bill C-357 was a Conservative Private Member's Bill amending the Government Employees Compensation Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. G-5) to expand workers'-compensation eligibility for federal-public-service employees with post-traumatic-stress-disorder (PTSD) claims to include presumptive coverage similar to the provincial frameworks that have legislated presumptive PTSD coverage for first responders (the BC Workers Compensation Amendment Act 2018, Ontario Bill 163 of 2016, Alberta's 2017 amendment, etc.). The bill targeted federal public-safety workers (Correctional Service of Canada, RCMP, federal firefighters, CBSA officers). Did not pass second reading.
Status
Quick learn
Would give federal public-safety workers (RCMP, correctional officers, border officers, federal firefighters) presumptive workers'-compensation coverage for PTSD, so a diagnosis is assumed work-related without a fight, matching what most provinces already grant first responders. A Conservative private member's bill; it did not pass second reading.
Issues this bill touches
- Workers' Rights & Labour
Government Employees Compensation Act amendments.
Legislative history
- First reading
First reading in the House of Commons.
View source
Official source
Read full text on Parliament of Canada