Industry, government grapple with trades training reform By Hayley Woodin | April 5, 2021, 11:00am
Brynn Bourke, interim executive director of BC Building Trades: “We can’t afford not to do this” | Submitted
The restoration of compulsory trades training appears to have strong public support in British Columbia.
Eight in 10 British Columbians are in favour of requiring tradespeople to obtain a specified level of training before working in a skilled trade, according to a recent Research Co. poll commissioned by the BC Building Trades (BCBT).
B.C. is the only province without a compulsory trades system. Supporters say that restoring such a system, which was in place in B.C. until 2003, will help build the province’s capacity to meet its skilled-trades labour shortage. Others question whether mandatory education and training requirements are enough to meet chronic skills supply challenges.
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As part of his board work, Gill is chair of three finance-related standing committees at TRU: audit, finance and an advisory committee on investments. KTW has received letters from Kamloops residents sent to Minister of Advanced Education and Skills Training Anne Kang, calling for Gill’s removal from those positions at the university. KTW is not naming the letter writers due to requests for anonymity. One letter, sent to the advanced education minister on Feb. 22, 2021 states: “As the saying goes, sunlight is the best disinfectant. Jessica Wallace has provided ample sunlight; I should hope that the skidmark that caused a shameful and embarrassing stain on the TNRD will be scrubbed out expediently by TRU and the Province of BC as to not also tarnish the upstanding reputation of TRU.”