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Decentralized Democracy

Ontario Assembly

43rd Parl. 1st Sess.
March 22, 2023 09:00AM
  • Mar/22/23 5:10:00 p.m.
  • Re: Bill 79 

Thanks to the member from Essex. I’m the proud parent of a skilled trade worker, an electrician. It is a long, long journey, and there are barriers for those apprenticeships and in the educational system.

The member from Essex talked with a very romantic flair, I would say, about the shop classroom and the industrial program and his teacher. I’m encouraged to hear Conservatives talk about these classrooms and these educational settings that are needed to encourage folks to get into the skilled trades. However, two obstacles remain: Premier Harris ripped out some of those classrooms, so we need the infrastructure, and there aren’t many Mr. Grodzinskis or Mrs. Grodzinskis as qualified teachers in the province of Ontario. So perhaps the member could address how the government is going to tackle those barriers.

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