tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post509994657374119465..comments2024-03-27T01:58:22.445-07:00Comments on The Gazetteer: We Are Shocked!.....Shocked, We Tell You...RossKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-75398202219073749732012-12-11T23:16:13.762-08:002012-12-11T23:16:13.762-08:00More money for social welfare, buffed up labor rul...More money for social welfare, buffed up labor rules, and actual oversight of industry? My goodness, the coming Orange Terror must have right wingers cringing under their blankets.<br />Importantly for me is the prospect of a BC government that'll actually work with First Nations, instead of around First Nations, and in some cases against First Nations.<br />It's bad enough having a federal government that's actively undermining First Nations relations at every turn, but to have a provincial government that doesn't care, either way.<br />I will be honest. I am looking forward to the Orange Terror. Please, Mr Dix, lemme operate the guillotine once or twice, okay?Troyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10759047914577194212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-81550056712252641602012-12-11T10:57:05.273-08:002012-12-11T10:57:05.273-08:00Mr. Thomas--
And will the result be, say, this &#...Mr. Thomas--<br /><br />And will the result be, say, this <a href="http://www.bcprogressboard.com/" rel="nofollow">'terrifying'?</a><br /><br />(all achieved, of course, without a massive tax/user-fee shift onto the backs of the citizenry or a massive public asset give away).RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-51858573642374992952012-12-11T04:19:39.807-08:002012-12-11T04:19:39.807-08:00And once elected, Dix will begin the Orange Terror...And once elected, Dix will begin the Orange Terror, which, yes, is terrifying as it sounds.Troyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10759047914577194212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-41643092274569231142012-12-08T12:59:15.028-08:002012-12-08T12:59:15.028-08:00Without putting on my tinfoil hat, could I be allo...Without putting on my tinfoil hat, could I be allowed to suggest that virtually eliminating skills training was simply a step towards the ultimate goal of importing cheaper, willing to work more dangerously, "temporary" migrant labor? <br /><br />I would be fine staying home and doing my blog and playing my guitar for a living wage, oh wait, now that I'm retired I get that, and I didn't even have to wait until I was 67...........<br /><br />Canadians are simply in the way of the plans of Harper and those in the BC liaRs Club!kootcoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11344208424209840730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-84559426270235421892012-12-08T12:07:38.968-08:002012-12-08T12:07:38.968-08:00If we really do have a skills shortage, I would be...If we really do have a skills shortage, I would bet it has a lot to do with the way the apprenticeship system is set up. I know A LOT of apprentices who gave up, because it was taking too long to get into school, because the system was too complicated to navigate, because they couldn't find anyone who could answer their questions. <br /><br />I had just written my Interprovincial carpenter's exam and received my red seal when all of this happened and they instituted what I called the BC Mini-tickets. I was so mad. Not only did it not give the apprentice a full range of skills and allow crappy companies to pay them less, but it clipped their wings. Those "technician" tickets are useless outside of the province. karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11131927710530023725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-20142588288542085122012-12-07T21:56:00.262-08:002012-12-07T21:56:00.262-08:00Yep!Yep!North Van's Grumpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17571810726275726952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-85891267718801155002012-12-07T20:27:48.013-08:002012-12-07T20:27:48.013-08:00So....
The apprenticeship program was Hochsteined...So....<br /><br />The apprenticeship program was Hochsteined?<br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-68419513780368075652012-12-07T19:14:04.383-08:002012-12-07T19:14:04.383-08:00Industry Training and
Apprenticeship Commission ak...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bccassn.com/BCCA%20Archives/Issue%20Update/2002/Issue%20Update%20%E2%80%93%202002,%20January%20-%20ITAC%20UPDATE.pdf" rel="nofollow">Industry Training and<br />Apprenticeship Commission aka ITAC</a> was abandoned by the BC Liberals in 2002 to cut costs.<br />******************<br />The BC Model of the NEW ERA Apprenticeship program ITA was based on <a href="http://www.caf-fca.org/conf2k6/pres/MonJune5/CS_104.pdf" rel="nofollow">New Zealand's Model</a> which had been up and running 13 years before the BC Liberals "borrowed" it, almost. One reason as to why the BC Liberal government used this particular model is because of a similarity in the Population of New Zealand to British Columbia... however where the BC Government budgeted for $80 million ... New Zealand was spending over $330 million annually ... in other words Gordon Campbell and Thorpe GUTTED the program by "Taking the Knife too far" again. "...By the summer of 2003, staff at the former ITAC had been reduced from 120 to less than 15. Regional Offices were closed."<br />**********************<br />December 20, 2002 the BC Liberals <a href="http://www.rtobc.com/AssetFactory.aspx?did=49" rel="nofollow">cut the legs</a> out from under 16,500 apprentices enrolled in the system, with another 14,000 trainees engaged in Entry Level Trades Training and told them YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN....<br /><br />North Van's Grumpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17571810726275726952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-91445589796428948212012-12-07T17:43:12.207-08:002012-12-07T17:43:12.207-08:00Thanks NVG--
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Can you send me details...Thanks NVG--<br /><br />______<br />MA--<br /><br />Can you send me details to pacificgazette at yahoo dot the two letter abbreviation for canada?<br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-38387661988479751912012-12-07T16:49:05.143-08:002012-12-07T16:49:05.143-08:00Malice Aforethought
Rick Thorpe DESTROYED the app...<b>Malice Aforethought</b><br /><br />Rick Thorpe DESTROYED the apprentice system and it took the BC Liberals years to bring it back to a level that is only a shadow of its former self.<br /><br />And now the BC Liberals say that there are not enough skilled trades people available and they need to allow cheap offshore labour in to fill the gaps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-20597503918253467492012-12-07T15:28:28.082-08:002012-12-07T15:28:28.082-08:00Since Elections BC starting keeping tabs on politi...Since Elections BC starting keeping tabs on political party contributions, on-line, AND using that data from start to current... the BC Liberals want to keep the Public focus today on the "Secret" FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, documents between Labour and the BC NDP. <br /><br />Cassidy Olivier wasn't interested in writing about the SECRET documents.... the Editor for his newspaper, the Province, was, and did so, with a bold, large print front page <b>EXPOSE`</b> that makes a mockery of Olivier's hard work.<br /><br />Since Christy came to power in early 2011, <a href="https://www.google.ca/search?q=%2464+million+adverting+bc+liberal+&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a" rel="nofollow">$64 million</a> of GOVERNMENT funds from taxpayers from All sources, has been poured down the drain on partisan Advertising, promoting the Government, while not mentioning that a matching amount ...... Shhhhh ... this trinket.... Shhh of $66,506,677.53.... that's a tad over <a href="http://contributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca/pcs/SA1SearchResults.aspx?FilerSK=%28ALL%29&EDSK=0&FilerTypeSK=0&Contributor=&PartySK=5&ED=%28ALL%29&FilerType=%28ALL%29&Filer=%28ALL%29&Party=BC%20Liberal%20Party&DateTo=&DateFrom=&DFYear=&DFMonth=&DFDay=&DTYear=&DTMonth=&DTDay=" rel="nofollow">$66.5 MILLON</a> which the BC Liberals have legally received, from ALL sources.<br /><br />In the same TIME Frame, the BC NDP have received a whopping <a href="http://contributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca/pcs/SA1SearchResults.aspx?FilerSK=%28ALL%29&EDSK=0&FilerTypeSK=0&Contributor=&PartySK=7&ED=%28ALL%29&FilerType=%28ALL%29&Filer=%28ALL%29&Party=BC%20NDP&DateTo=&DateFrom=&DFYear=&DFMonth=&DFDay=&DTYear=&DTMonth=&DTDay=" rel="nofollow">$23,148,438.18</a>.... like you know a ... THIRD, of the BC Liberal Party coffers.<br /><br />Which would you rather have, the 1% with only <b>one</b> vote each running/ruining BC or the 99%?<br />North Van's Grumpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17571810726275726952noreply@blogger.com