Journal Of Commerce
On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast, digital media editor Warren Frey speaks with CK DesGrosseilliers, a spokesperson for the Threads of Life victims group, about recent changes by the Ontario government regarding mandatory inquests after construction-related deaths.
DesGrosseilliers has a personal stake in the issue, as her brother Tim DesGrosseilliers, a unionized elevator constructor, died in a Toronto mishap in September 2017. She believes the government’s failure to move on the thousands of recommendations that have come from construction inquests is a failure of the system that should be rectified, and said if recommendations were followed there would be less incidents to begin with.
The move to a yearly review cadence has been received with cautious optimism but some stakeholders and have strongly expressed the need for families to be involved in the new process including funding for representation if needed.
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Stakeholders cautiously support decision to scrap mandatory coroner’s inquests into jobsite deaths