http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0345132
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issued: 2017-03-28
issued: 1916-02-25
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note: THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST I? INDUSTRIAL UNITT : v!£?ENQTH. EIGHTH YE AF _ii.8 OFFICIAL PAPEBi VANCOUVER TKADE8 ANU l.ABOk ol is'Cll. ANI) B.O. KKI.EKA HON OK LABOR POtJOlOAIi ftm^l'TIOTOBT I lit! 1 "Fearfully and Wonderfully Made" Says the Vancouver Unionist A Supreme Example of the Worst Legislation of Its Kind [By Jas. H. MeVety] fcfc-r-«(EARFULLY AND WONDER H fully made" aptly describes the *■ Workmen'b Compensation bill now before the Manitoba legislature, aB a governmont measure, in fulfilment of a pledge to the electorate of that province, made prior to the last election. Alleged according to news despatches, to bo patterned after the Ontario act, it really has nothing in common with that piece of legislation, except that tho scale of benefits iB the same and ' tue samo provision is provided for ex> eluding non-resident dependents real dent in countries where a reciprocal arrangement does not exist providing for the payment of dependonts residing in Manitoba. Objectionable Features. All of tho investigations of the Hon. Sir William Meredith of Ontario nnd a host of experts in the United States seem to have been entirely ignored, and the bill contains a number of objectionable features thnt have been found, from practical experience, in numerous states, to interfere with the proper working of tho legislature. Insurance Companies Secure. A Btate fund, either exclusive or in competition with tho casualty insurance companies is not contemplated, tho small cmployorB being required to take out policies with tho insurance compa* nies, whilo tho larger oucb aro permitted to carry their own insurance. It is truo that the bill provides for the regulation of rates by the commission, but if the regulations do not meet with the approval of the insurance companies, they could, with the very excellent understanding that exists between them, decline, for a timo, to write any business and either ruin the smaller employers or place the compensation act in such disfavor…

The British Columbia Federationist
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0345132
language: English
lat: 49.261111
long: -123.113889
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver : The B.C. Federationist, Limited
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
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