Consultant or Employee: your duty of care may be the same

This recent article from the Global and Mail about the increasing risks of working internationally, and the insurance required to address it. The President of TGF Insurance which deals with these risks says: "While some expat employers may not consider consultants who work for them overseas to be employees technically, Mr. Tompkins cautions that if something happens “they will probably be viewed as employees.”

I wonder what this means for the Government of Canada?

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-business/doing-business-in-high-risk-areas-insurance-is-key/article31565765/