McNaughton to speak on skilled trades, OCOT
Ontario Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development Monte McNaughton will make an announcement about the skilled trades and apprenticeships in Ontario at 11:30 a.m. at Downtown Toyota in Toronto. It is expected the minister will address next steps in trades training after the closing of the Ontario College of Trades.
OGCA hosts AGM tomorrow
The Ontario General Contractors Association (OGCA) is holding its annual general meeting tomorrow online via Zoom at 1 p.m. The OGCA annual report was posted on its website Sept. 29.
BTB sells office property in Montreal
BTB Real Estate Investment Trust announced this morning it has sold an office property located at 550-560 boulevard Henri-Bourassa Ouest, in Montreal. The sale price was $4.35 million; the property was purchased in 2008 for $4 million. BTB said the “property was identified as a potential for disposition since that the property did not meet BTB’s asset detention criteria. The occupancy rate of the property, as of today, stands at 58.4 per cent.”
Schneider Electric signs deal with REV
Schneider Electric announced today that REV Engineering has joined its EcoXpert Partner Program in Canada as a Critical Power EcoXpert specializing in power quality. Schneider says the partnership will boost its capacity to use Internet of Things-enabled technology for improved power availability, safety and operational efficiency to customers in Western Canada.
OPG enters partnership for SMR technology
U.S.-based X-energy announced yesterday it will work in partnership with Ontario Power Generation to advance the engineering and design work of the Xe-100 small modular reactor (SMR) technology for use in Canada. The Xe-100 is an 80MWe SMR design that can integrate into large regional electricity systems as a base and load-following source of low-carbon power.
The Province has shown great disrespect to all Ontario Trades workers when they closed OCOT two years and ten months ago, maybe someone woke up and figured something should be done to encourage employment in the sector.
Monte McNaughton came up with a brilliant plan to clandestinely assign a Lawyer and four corporate administrators that have no hands on trade skills or knowledge to a Trades Skill Panel for Only nine months.
I question why the five member panel positions were not made available to the general public under the Provincial Public Appointments website ?
Why have none of the five members ever worked in the Trades in Ontario, they have zero knowledge of the actual work, safety and education ?
How much are the Per Diem, travel, meals, hotel accomodations being offered per meeting per member ?
Quite frankly the panel is too small to effectively cover the massive amount of work that needs to be done in a short period of time.
There must be sub boards established that can report to the Panel that have actually worked in the Trades Sectors to offer experience
on job sites along with the required education and workplace safety, we Need real Trades worker input.
Ben Stegner
Chair Ontario College of Trades Industrial Electricians Board. ( Retired)
Ontario College of Trades Complaints Committee. (Retired)
CUPE Local 793 Vice President & Trades (Retired)
International Council of Canada Governance Board.
Society of Ontario Adjudicators and Regulations.
Habitat for Humanity Construction Volunteer.