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APPENDIX C

The table below summarizes the types of mental health claims recognized by jurisdiction as well as PTSD presumption clauses by jurisdiction (in force and proposed). Please note that there is entitlement for PTSD across provincial jurisdictions as an ‘acute reaction to a traumatic event’ or a ‘cumulative reaction to a series of traumatic events’.

Province

Acute reaction to a traumatic event

Cumulative reaction to traumatic events

Gradual onset/ chronic stress

PTSD Presumption Clauses

Responder Definition

BC

Yes

Yes

Yes

Bill-M203 introduced February 23, 2016.

The provincial government is reviewing the bill and awaiting recommendations from a WorkSafeBC Steering Committee established in December 2015.

First responders

  • Police officers
  • Emergency Medical Assistants
  • firefighters
  • sheriffs
  • corrections officers
  • 9-1-1 communications officers

AB

Yes

Yes

Yes

In force since December 2012.

First emergency responders:

  • Police officers
  • emergency medical technicians
  • firefighters
  • peace officers

SK

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

n/a


Province

Acute reaction to a traumatic event

Cumulative reaction to traumatic events

Gradual onset/ chronic stress

PTSD Presumption Clauses

Province

MB

Yes

Yes

No

In force since January 2016.

All occupations

ON

Yes

Yes

No

Bill-163 passed in April 2016. Changes come into force upon Royal Assent.

First responders and other workers:

  • police officers
  • full-time firefighters
  • part-time firefighters
  • volunteer firefighters
  • fire investigators
  • members of an emergency response team
  • paramedics
  • emergency medical attendants
  • ambulance service managers
  • workers in a correctional institution
  • workers in a place of secure custody or place of secure temporary detention
  • workers involved in dispatch

QC

Yes

No

Yes

No

n/a

NB

Yes

No

No

Bill-39 introduced April, 1 2016. Second reading took place April 6, 2016.

Emergency response workers

  • police officers
  • firefighters
  • paramedics

NS

Yes

Yes

No

Bill-11 introduced (first and second readings) in October 2014.

The government is monitoring other jurisdictions, conducting research and expected to make an announcement later in 2016.

Emergency responders:

  • police officers
  • child and family services agents
  • medical practitioners
  • correctional services employees
  • firefighters
  • dispatchers
  • registered nurses
  • registered pre-hospital first responders
  • social workers

PE

Yes

Yes

No

No

n/a

NL

Yes

No

No

No

n/a

Source: Table prepared from information in the written response provided to the Committee on 20 April 2016 by the RCMP entitled Royal Canadian Mounted Police Responses to Questions Posed/Issues Raised at SECU, April 12th and April 14th, 2016 Re: Bill C-7: Coverage under the Government Employees Compensation Act.