March 18, 2010

Ontario names workplace safety system review panel

Ontario on Thursday unveiled the advisory panel it has appointed to conduct a comprehensive review of the province’s occupational health and safety system.

Under Tony Dean, Chair of the Workplace Safety System Review, the panel includes:

• Bud Calligan - retired secretary-treasurer, Carpenters District Council of Ontario
• Carmine Tiano - director of WSIB advocacy and occupational services, Ontario Building and Construction Trades Council of Ontario
• Vernon Edwards - health and safety director, Ontario Federation of Labour
• Joan Eakin - professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
• Carolyn Tuohy - senior fellow, School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Toronto
• H. Allan Hunt - senior economist, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, Michigan, U.S.
• Domenic Mattina - vice-president of sales and estimating at Mattina Mechanical Ltd.
• Jattinder Dhillon - vice-president health, safety, wellness and business continuity, Loblaws Canada
• John A. Macnamara - vice-president, health, safety and environment, Hydro One

The panel will report back to the minister of labour in fall 2010 with recommendations and options for operational, policy and structural improvements to the province's workplace safety system.

-RCD Digital Media

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