Comments on: Manitoba ratio change will ‘cost apprentices jobs and opportunities’: WCA /joc/news/government/2024/04/manitoba-ratio-change-will-cost-apprentices-jobs-and-opportunities-wca Canada's construction news Fri, 05 Apr 2024 17:29:33 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ryan Griffioen /joc/news/government/2024/04/manitoba-ratio-change-will-cost-apprentices-jobs-and-opportunities-wca#comment-78640 Fri, 05 Apr 2024 17:29:33 +0000 /?p=361891#comment-78640 It’s an unfair comparison to Ontario and misleading to suggest Ontario contractors were begging for 1:1 in contrast to Manitoba contractors complaining about it. In Ontario our ratio was as high as 3 journeypersons to 1 apprentice. Ontario’s ratio was the inverse – requiring more journeypersons to train each apprentice. That’s why the contractors were begging for the 1:1.

]]> By: Colin deRaaf /joc/news/government/2024/04/manitoba-ratio-change-will-cost-apprentices-jobs-and-opportunities-wca#comment-78617 Fri, 05 Apr 2024 12:59:37 +0000 /?p=361891#comment-78617 The proponents of restricting ratios in Manitoba keep referring to “Ontario recently going back to 1:1…”.

Fact Check: Ontario actually relaxed the ratios in November 2019 to 1:1 from a more restrictive 3:1 ratio scheme (3 JPs:1App). Some trades were 4:1!

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