The #Ontario govt is eliminating mandatory coroner’s inquests for workers who die on construction sites.
Instead, the province will conduct an annual review of construction site deaths in an effort to speed up the inquest system and alleviate pressure on coroners.
Sure, sometimes it makes sense to do your own research. There's times when you really do need to take personal responsibility for the way things are going. But there's limits. We live in a highly technical world, in which hundreds of esoteric, potentially lethal factors impinge on your life every day.
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Even if #SteveBannon hasn't managed to get you to froth about the #DeepState, there's a good chance that you've griped about #RedTape from time to time.
Not without reason, mind you. The fact that the government can make good rules doesn't mean it will. When we redid our kitchen this year, the city inspector added a bunch of arbitrary electrical outlets to the contractor's plans in places where neither we, nor any future owner, will every need them.