Labours lost: How opioid deaths are hollowing out the construction industry

For families, the tragedy of opioids is beyond measure. For Canada, the cost is tens of billions in lost productivity, reports Jason Kirby. The article also cites IWH's Dr. Nancy Carnide, who co-led research examining 13,700 opioid poisonings among 1.7 million people in Ontario who received workers compensation for injuries between 2006 and 2020.