Thunder Bay Injured Workers held a media conference to introduce the Meredith Act that we have been working on for the last year or so along with ONIWG and our allies.   Lise Vaugeois, the NDP critic, had planned to introduce it into the Legislature in April, but the election changed that plan.  We were joined by Lise and and Judith Monteith Farrell from the NDP who were supporting the Meredith Act.

We got some good media coverage which is shared below.

Other communities could think about doing a similar event to get a light shown on our

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https://www.chroniclejournal.com/news/local/advocates-push-for-meredith-act/article_6715a7c8-e82f-11ef-8249-4fe8163d7bc2.html

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-84-up-north/clip/16127237-northwestern-ontario-injured-workers-advocates-pen-proposed-legislation

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/meredith-act-thunder-bay-1.7455395

https://www.999thebay.ca/2025/02/10/injured-workers-support-group-in-region-advocating-for-workers-compensation-reforms/

https://www.tbnewswatch.com/tbt-news-stories/video-injured-workers-group-supports-ndp-call-to-replace-the-workplace-safety-and-insurance-act-10214890

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