By Taiwo Onabolu ( May 3, 2024, 9:12 AM EDT) -- The plaintiff ceased working in 2002 due to the deterioration of his vision in the course of his employment as a butcher; he was exposed to chemicals and suffered blows to the head from hanging hooks. The subsequent year he applied for disability benefits under the Canada Pension Plan (CPP). An optometrist medical examiner, Dr. Jeannot Cormier, reported, validating reports from Montreal and Ottawa, a cone-rod retinal dystrophy and a progressive bilateral retinal degeneration that led to a loss of central vision....