Canada has just announced new regulations for home inspectors. what does this mean for our members. see below
http://www.680news.com/news/national/article/392604--standardized-certification-coming-for-home-inspectors
This has been widely covered today in most major Sun Media news releases and other media outlets.
A number of posts here on the forum also provide further comments.
In fairness it should be pointed out that neither the CSA nor any of Claude’s friends have the jurisdiction to regulate business in Ontario.
The Ontario Government does not recognize the national and has stated numerous times that there is no interest at the provincial level of becoming involved in regulating the industry.
It has been pointed out to the Ontario Government that there are no statistics to support the claim that Canadian Inspectors have an unacceptable failure rate. Without being able to answer these questions;
HOW MANY INSPECTORS ARE THERE IN ONTARIO?
HOW MANY INSPECTIONS ARE COMPLETED IN THIS PROVINCE EVERY YEAR?
HOW MANY OF THOSE INSPECTIONS LEAD TO COURT?
There can be no substantiated claims of an unacceptably high failure rate, and these claims become a smoke screen at best and mud slinging at least.
When I talked to the Dean of the Sault College all students would have to enroll in a Home Inspection Association first before given the ability to do Home Inspections. Now these students just took 2 Years to qualify as a “Home Inspection Technician Diploma”
I doubt they will be running over to spend x amount of dollars to become Certificate Holders. These students are going out to work for Companies in Plumbing , Electrical, Roofing ect. We need to realize that like George points out Ontario will not be interested in this venture and I would think it may be at arms length but there is no problem with the system accept for those not under the watchful eye of OAHI or INTERNACHI. Now our focus should be to have ones that don’t belong removed and anyone new should be brought up to what standards are being supported in Alberta.
What do you do when…
mortagage companies and banks require it
insurance companies require it
lawyers require it
perhaps even Realtors require it…
This is not about personalities, or licensing, or provincial appetite or not to license/regulate - it’s about credibility and the irreffutable branding that CSA is known for.