#730 – Red Tape & Roadblocks: Marc Fraser on the Broken Apprenticeship System

In this frustrating yet important episode of The Construction Life Podcast, Marc Fraser of Craigmhor Construction returns to share his nightmare experience trying to get an apprentice registered for Red Seal certification—a process that should be straightforward but instead is buried in government inefficiency.
We get into:
🔹 The endless hoops to jump through with the Ministry of Labour and why government organizations refuse to communicate.
🔹 Skilled Trades Ontario’s role in gatekeeping and making it even harder for apprentices to get certified.
🔹 The shocking removal of grants and financial assistance—leaving businesses to fend for themselves.
🔹 Two months in and still not completed—how bureaucracy is actively discouraging people from entering the trades.
🔹 Why most people would have quit by now—and how Marc’s persistence proves just how broken the system is.
🔹 Real solutions the government won’t listen to—because those making the rules have never worked a day in the trades.
Marc’s honest and unfiltered take exposes the flaws in the apprenticeship system and raises the question: Why is the government making it harder to fill skilled trade positions when we’re already facing a shortage?
🎧 Tune in for a must-hear conversation that every tradesperson and business owner needs to hear.
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