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e-5168 (Employment and labour)
- Keywords
- Government Employees Compensation Act
- Mental health
- Public Service and public servants
- Safety
- Workers compensation insurance
E-petition
Initiated by David Neufeld from Ottawa, Ontario
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the House of Commons
Whereas:
- The federal Government Employees Compensation Act (GECA) is a piece of legislation that has not fundamentally changed since its establishment 50 years ago;
- This legislation, as it is currently written, leaves behind tens of thousands of federal public safety personnel who suffer from psychological injuries owing to their efforts to keep Canadians safe from coast to coast to coast; and
- The federal Union of Safety and Justice Employees is urgently calling on the Government of Canada to close this federal legislation gap, so that federal public safety personnel can access worker’s compensation for mental health-related injuries, just like first responders in most provinces and territories.
We, the undersigned, citizens of Canada, call upon the House of Commons to implement the key changes to GECA, that would ensure that federal public safety personnel — many of whom are regularly denied worker’s compensation by provincial/territorial boards for their injuries — would finally have access to the compensation and support they so deserve.
- Open for signature
- October 4, 2024, at 2:56 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- February 1, 2025, at 2:56 p.m. (EDT)
