The Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal came into existence as an entity previously known as the Workers Compensation Appeals Tribunal on October 1, 1985. Matters concerning workers were dealt with in a different manner prior to it’s existence. The Workers Compensation Board was responsible for these matter and operated under a structure or model that comprised of two levels of internal appeal; which gave rise to the creation of the Tribunal (which replaced the internal appeal board). This was because there was a need for a separate entity with a higher level of expertise as it relates to decision making, as workers often found the decisions made by the board to be unsatisfactory or unfair. Professor Paul C. Weiler played a major
