How does Ontario’s Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities respond when asked to change apprenticeship ratios?
The Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities, John Milloy, often argues that the current ratio is in place to ensure safety. He repeated this rationale to the Toronto Sun in an April 4, 2008 report. But this argument doesn’t stand up to scrutiny when set against the facts. From coast to coast to coast, in Alberta, Nova Scotia, the Northwest Territories and five other provinces and territories, the journey person-apprentice ratio is 1:1. Even in Ontario, small electrical contractors with up to two electricians are permitted a 1:1 ratio. In none of these places is safety an issue. In fact, some electricians argue that a narrower ratio would give apprentices the opportunity to obtain better on-the-job training by linking each one with a single experienced journey person. Safety, it appears, is little more than an excuse for inaction.
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