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Pettapiece opposes College of Trades

Randy Pettapiece says the government’s College of Trades is making it harder for skilled tradespeople to make a living

That’s the message the Perth-Wellington MPP delivered yesterday at First Choice Haircutters in Stratford.

He was joined by fellow MPP Garfield Dunlop as part of Dunlop’s Skilled Trades Tour.

They met with hairstylists and pledged to oppose the government’s new salon tax that will increase the fees hairdressers pay to the College of Trades by 600 percent.

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