Vancouver City Council |
MOTION ON NOTICE
Submitted by Councillor Louis for consideration at the Regular Council meeting on
February 15, 2005.1. Presumption of Occupational Cancer Risk in Fire Fighters
MOVER: Councillor Louis
SECONDER: Councillor
WHEREAS:
· The City of Vancouver is the largest employer of fire fighters in the province of British Columbia, and therefore the largest stakeholder.
· City Councils of Vancouver, Surrey, Burnaby, Richmond and Delta have voted to support the fire fighters going forward for Presumptive Cancer Legislation based on the scientific works of the 1994 Ontario Industrial Disease Standards Panel (IDSP), Baris (2001), and the work of Doctor Tee Guidotti.
· The GVRD Labour Bureau is not proportional representation of employers of fire fighters.
· The major stakeholders of the GVRD Labour Bureau are in favour of supporting adoption of Legislation and Regulations acknowledging the relationship between fire fighting and cancers identified by Doctor Tee Guidotti.
· Certain voting members of the GVRD Labour Bureau do not employ fire fighters, and are therefore not stakeholders.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:
· Vancouver City Council, as the largest employer of fire fighters in the province of British Columbia, express directly to the Workers Compensation Board and to the Provincial Government their continued support for the presumption that a number of cancers, as identified by Doctor Tee Guidotti, be adopted as soon as possible.
· Vancouver City Council will continue supporting fire fighters by replying to the WCB Discussion Paper - specifically (page 16) Section 6.1 (Disease Recognition Options) firmly calling for Schedule "B" to be amended as identified in Option 2 - Sub-option (d).
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