I was guided by one general safety officer to apply for workers' comp in Saskatchewan, which worked very well for me. Within two weeks, they started to pay for all of my medications and for all of the time off I had to use to go to Regina for treatments, or to see the oncologist and whatnot. She also advised me to go to VAC, which I did. I have yet to get any reply from them.
Provincially, as soon as they saw “firefighter” and “multiple myeloma”, it was automatic. I think something similar should be happening with VAC. It should be reflecting that. That would help a lot.
Other than that, if it weren't for Erin Zimmerman, man, we would be in the dark out there. She's done a lot of research and guided us through everything, which all of us public service employees really appreciate.