Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board has operated a “slush fund” for years without proper oversight to make sure its getting value for money, the Progressive Conservatives charged Tuesday.
The WSIB gave the Ontario Federation of Labour $12.3 million over 10 years to help prevent accidents, but a 2014 audit found the grant program’s “link to prevention is weak” and it should be shut down, said PC labour critic Randy Hillier.
“There has never been any oversight of this fund whatsoever, no applications, no reporting and zero value for money,” Hillier told the legislature. “KPMG has told you that this program is worthless. It’s just a slush fund for the OFL, and it’s political pressure on your ministry that is keeping that slush fund going.”
Canadian Press – Mar 24, 2015.
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