Minister of Labour Receives Mandate Letter

Our new Minister of Labour, the Honourable Jennifer Whiteside, received a Mandate Letter from the Premier.

With respect to COCA’s focus, the Premier highlighted the following priorities:

  • Continue to work with WorkSafe BC on the prevention of workplace injury or illness, the promotion of safe workplaces to ensure robust compliance and enforcement, and ensure meaningful programs are in place to support the return of injured workers to their workplaces.
  • Support the Minister of Health to ensure that trades workers, who are disproportionately affected by the toxic drug crisis, have treatment options and programs available that are responsive to their particular needs.

The full mandate letter can be found here.