The Act is the place to establish duties and structures and the regulation is left to fill in the details. We believe our proposed division would create an appropriate balance between communicating the importance of this tool and leaving worksites to establish their own best practices. We believe the status quo is not an option. It is an unacceptable state of affairs. We believe this is contrary to the intent of the legislation.
Most provinces require it in legislation.
PEI will soon have legislation. Only Alberta allows employers to ignore workers in health and safety. This is partly a political problem, but it is also a fundamental flaw in section 25 of the Act. We look forward to the response from the department and would be willing to participate in the next phase of the review, namely working out details of the new approach.