The Hypocritical Behaviour of Peter
Federko, |
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By Mario deSantis, January 7, 2000 |
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It is with amusement that I read the article "Workers' Compensation Board critics off-base(1)" | |
corrupted administration and which is purposefully allowed to go astray | by Peter Federko, CEO of the provincial Workers' Compensation Board. As a self described |
hypocrite, Federko states that this article exposes the personal viewpoint of the writer, and not | |
of the provincial Workers' Compensation Board (WCB). In this article, Federko responds to | |
the recent criticism expressed by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) | |
pertaining to the setting of the WCB premiums. I don't want to discuss the details of Federko's | |
article since it doesn't make sense to discuss issues raised by a public agency, which consistently | |
experiences a corrupted administration and which is purposefully allowed to go astray from the | |
law. However, I make exception to Federko's statement that the WCB needs "...a public awareness | |
campaign to report accurately the facts about the results, mandate and purpose of the WCB..." | |
Our Provincial Auditor Wayne Strelioff has studied the WCB's operations and has already | |
it is diverting needed money from the injured workers |
warned the Legislature of the misconduct of the agency(2). Therefore, Federko is right in stating |
the need for a public awareness campaign to report the operations of the WCB. However, he | |
doesn't need any additional work beyond the publicizing of the Provincial Auditor's Report; | |
instead, the WCB has proceeded with spindoctoring an "image boosting campaign" and in | |
doing so not only it is diverting needed money from the injured workers, but it is further | |
alienating the public from the real issue: the legality and corruption of the Workers' | |
Compensation Board(3). | |
Few days ago I read Carey Heilman's letter which was recently published by the Leader Post | |
injured workers must wait years |
of Regina. Heilman is an injured worker who had to undergo painful experiences because of |
the insensitivity and corrupted behavior of the WCB. In particular, while being shafted by the | |
bureaucracy of the WCB, Heilman lost his home, his family broke up, and later he had to declare | |
bankruptcy. Heilman states in his letter that the WCB has attempted to prevent the Saskatchewan | |
Human Rights Commission from hearing cases against the WCB, and that injured workers must | |
wait years before their cases can go through the bureaucratic levels of the WCB. | |
Mr. Federko is a blatant hypocrite and it would be better for him to shut up his mouth rather | |
Mr. Federko is a blatant hypocrite | than defend the WCB. I also suggest that he pays attention to the Provincial Auditor Report, |
and that he immediately addresses the legal and administrative irregularities of the provincial | |
Workers' Compensation Board by reporting accurately the facts about the results, mandate | |
and purpose of the WCB. Will you Mr. Federko? | |
-------------Endnotes: | |
Workers' Compensation Board critics off-base" article by Peter Federko, CEO of Workers' Compensation Board, January 6, 2000. Published by The Saskatoon Star Pheonix, Saskatchewan. | |
Report of the Provincial Auditor to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan: 1999 Spring Report, pages 17-28 www.auditor.sk.ca | |
The WCB is defrauding the Saskatchewan People, by Mario deSantis, June 22, 1999 |