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Originally Posted by FireGilbert
Can someone please explain the anger over Bill 6? Aren't health and safety laws and workers compensation a good thing?
I am admittedly a city slicker who would not survive a day on a farm though.
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In a nutshell, the anger is due to ignorance over an unknown. That intentionally doesn't make sense. OH&S regulations and codes in their entirety would be extremely onerous and costly for your average farmer to implement and administrate. It doesn't have to be though. The government could simplify this by adding another "Part" to the Act specifically for the agricultural community. This would remove ambiguity and provide clear direction for what needs to be focused on and what will be scrutinized for compliance. To the best of my knowledge, the government hasn't laid out any kind of plan as to how they're going to roll this out. So, because the agricultural community doesn't understand what the impact is going to be (and how could they), they're angry. That's how I perceive it anyway.