“That would increase the funding of the college by having the majority of the members on both the board of governors and the divisional board representing either compulsory trades or those that are in favour of compulsory trades.” “There is a direct interest in the college to expand the number of compulsory trades because that would increase the membership of the college,” said Renkema earlier this year. Karen Renkema, the Ontario Road Builders’ Association Director of Government Relations, has a concern over the transparency and accountability of the college and said there is little information being shared with stakeholders. Trades sectors across the province are concerned with the potential impact of the agency. “There’ll be a secret knock on the door and they will be in business.”Īccording to its mandate, the College of Trades has been created to issue licences and certificates, set standards for training and certification, and support apprenticeship and certification policies. “What they’re going to create is an underground industry,” said Bourgon, who argues others in his profession will simply open basement operations to hide from prying eyes. Bourgon is a third-generation barber who charges the same thing he did seven years ago: $12.75 a haircut. It’s 132 square feet of nostalgia with one barber chair and six seats for customers to wait. One can’t find a smaller business than Bourgon’s. “I’m flat-out not going to pay for this…and they can come to my front door looking for it if they want.” “It’s money that is taking food out of my kids’ mouth,” he said, adding he’d rather close than pay it. And he still hasn’t been told what he’s getting for his hard-earned donation to the college. It might not sound like much when spread over 365 days, but Bourgon argues it adds up to nearly four days of work. 1 – which for Bourgon means about $680 a year. The college will begin collecting membership dues Jan. The Glen Walter small businessman is caught up in what is becoming a provincial battle between tradespeople and a newly created fees scheme created by the Ontario College of Trades. Chris Bourgon says he’ll close his barbershop before agreeing to pay new membership fees to a trades college he wants no part of.
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