The Hypocritical Behaviour of Peter Federko, CEO of the WCB
By Mario deSantis, January 7, 2000
	It is with amusement that I read the article "Workers' Compensation Board critics off-base(1)"
corrupted administration and which is purposefully allowed to go astray	by Peter Federko, CEO of the provincial Workers' Compensation Board. As a self described
	hypocrite, Federko states that this article exposes the personal viewpoint of the writer, and not
	of the provincial Workers' Compensation Board (WCB). In this article, Federko responds to
	the recent criticism expressed by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB)
	pertaining to the setting of the WCB premiums. I don't want to discuss the details of Federko's
	article since it doesn't make sense to discuss issues raised by a public agency, which consistently
	experiences a corrupted administration and which is purposefully allowed to go astray from the
	law. However, I make exception to Federko's statement that the WCB needs "...a public awareness
	campaign to report accurately the facts about the results, mandate and purpose of the WCB..."
	Our Provincial Auditor Wayne Strelioff has studied the WCB's operations and has already
it is diverting needed money from the injured workers	warned the Legislature of the misconduct of the agency(2). Therefore, Federko is right in stating
	the need for a public awareness campaign to report the operations of the WCB. However, he
	doesn't need any additional work beyond the publicizing of the Provincial Auditor's Report;
	instead, the WCB has proceeded with spindoctoring an "image boosting campaign" and in
	doing so not only it is diverting needed money from the injured workers, but it is further
	alienating the public from the real issue: the legality and corruption of the Workers'
	Compensation Board(3).
	Few days ago I read Carey Heilman's letter which was recently published by the Leader Post
injured workers must wait years	of Regina. Heilman is an injured worker who had to undergo painful experiences because of
	the insensitivity and corrupted behavior of the WCB. In particular, while being shafted by the
	bureaucracy of the WCB, Heilman lost his home, his family broke up, and later he had to declare
	bankruptcy. Heilman states in his letter that the WCB has attempted to prevent the Saskatchewan
	Human Rights Commission from hearing cases against the WCB, and that injured workers must
	wait years before their cases can go through the bureaucratic levels of the WCB.
	Mr. Federko is a blatant hypocrite and it would be better for him to shut up his mouth rather
Mr. Federko is a blatant hypocrite	than defend the WCB. I also suggest that he pays attention to the Provincial Auditor Report,
	and that he immediately addresses the legal and administrative irregularities of the provincial
	Workers' Compensation Board by reporting accurately the facts about the results, mandate
	and purpose of the WCB. Will you Mr. Federko?
-------------Endnotes:
1. -	Workers' Compensation Board critics off-base" article by Peter Federko, CEO of Workers' Compensation Board, January 6, 2000. Published by The Saskatoon Star Pheonix, Saskatchewan.
2. -	Report of the Provincial Auditor to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan: 1999 Spring Report, pages 17-28 www.auditor.sk.ca
3.	The WCB is defrauding the Saskatchewan People, by Mario deSantis, June 22, 1999