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The Ontario government is introducing new legislation to grant wildland firefighters and investigators the same presumptive WSIB coverage as municipal firefighters for cancers, heart injuries, and PTSD. The province also aims to extend presumptive coverage to include skin cancer for firefighters and fire investigators, while reducing the service time needed for compensation from 15 to 10 years. These changes build on previous advancements made through the Working for Workers Acts, which have expanded presumptive occupational cancer coverage for firefighters and fire investigators and reduced the mandatory employment period for primary-site esophageal cancer.

Climate change, environmental racism, and economic inequality are pressing issues facing communities across the United States. From shrimpers in the Gulf of Mexico to wildland firefighters in Colorado to residents of Africatown in Alabama, communities are grappling with the impacts of these challenges on their lives and livelihoods.