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		<title>&#8220;Is your plumber certified? Check with College of Trades!&#8221; &#8211; Toronto Star spouts the propaganda</title>
		<link>http://www.canadiancontractor.ca/uncategorized/is-your-plumber-certified-check-with-college-of-trades-toronto-star-spouts-the-propaganda</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 19:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Payne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The PR folks who handle the account for the Ontario College of Trades are probably going to be busy telling the public that without OCOT certification you are a bum. In so many words.]]></description>
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		<title>Build-it-Yourself Learning Centres opening at Lowes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 19:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Payne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The BiY Learning Centres concept was founded by TV renovation star Jim Caruk. After operating independently in recent years, they have now been picked up by Lowe`s Canada which is adding BiY Learning Centres to some of its stores in Southern Ontario]]></description>
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		<title>CPP premiums going up 60 per cent&#8230; unless you speak up now</title>
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		<comments>http://www.canadiancontractor.ca/industry/cpp-premiums-going-up-60-per-cent-unless-employers-speak-up-now#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 19:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Koci</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This massive hike will go through, unless employers - especially small business owners like contractors - speak up now]]></description>
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		<title>VIDEO: TV renovation gurus breaking safety rules again</title>
		<link>http://www.canadiancontractor.ca/uncategorized/leading-renovation-gurus-continue-bad-safety-culture</link>
		<comments>http://www.canadiancontractor.ca/uncategorized/leading-renovation-gurus-continue-bad-safety-culture#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 18:53:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alec Caldwell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When celebrity contractors such as Mike Holmes can't get it right on the safety issues, there's no doubt that we have a Culture of Silence when it comes to health and safety in our industry]]></description>
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		<title>VIDEO: The final segment of our interview with Mike Holmes (Part 9)</title>
		<link>http://www.canadiancontractor.ca/uncategorized/video-the-final-segment-of-our-interview-with-mike-holmes-part-9</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 18:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Payne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Koci]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rob asks Mike, what can you do when your competition offers to do the job at half your price? "You walk away," Mike says. ]]></description>
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		<title>RenoSummit is BACK! Mark your calendars &#8211; Nov 5 Barrie, ON; Nov 6 Toronto; Nov 8 London, ON</title>
		<link>http://www.canadiancontractor.ca/uncategorized/reno-summit-is-back-mark-your-calendars-nov-5-barrie-on-nov-6-toronto-nov-8-london-on</link>
		<comments>http://www.canadiancontractor.ca/uncategorized/reno-summit-is-back-mark-your-calendars-nov-5-barrie-on-nov-6-toronto-nov-8-london-on#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Payne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contractor U]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In one day, you will learn all kinds of ways to make more money as a renovator.]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s still about the lawn sign</title>
		<link>http://www.canadiancontractor.ca/contractor-u/its-still-about-the-lawn-sign</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 19:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Draper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lawn signs make you money]]></description>
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		<title>Provinces needlessly limiting apprenticeship opportunities, report says</title>
		<link>http://www.canadiancontractor.ca/industry/provinces-needlessly-limiting-apprenticeship-opportunities-report-says</link>
		<comments>http://www.canadiancontractor.ca/industry/provinces-needlessly-limiting-apprenticeship-opportunities-report-says#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 19:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Payne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Entry restrictions to the skilled trades are not the best way to protect workers and the general public, the C.D. Howe Institute says]]></description>
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		<title>VIDEO: Mike Holmes interview part 8: Educating your customer</title>
		<link>http://www.canadiancontractor.ca/estimating/video-mike-holmes-interview-part-8-educating-your-customer</link>
		<comments>http://www.canadiancontractor.ca/estimating/video-mike-holmes-interview-part-8-educating-your-customer#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 18:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Payne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Estimating]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["Too often I've seen contractors walk in with a pad, out of their pickup truck, and they listen to what the homeowner wants. They give them a price and ask for a down (payment). And there's never enough education there." - MIKE HOLMES]]></description>
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		<title>VIDEO: What contractors earn &#8211; Outrank Salary Survey</title>
		<link>http://www.canadiancontractor.ca/finances/video-what-contractors-earn-outrank-salary-survey</link>
		<comments>http://www.canadiancontractor.ca/finances/video-what-contractors-earn-outrank-salary-survey#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 18:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Payne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grow]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Almost a quarter of all renovation contractors who responded to our survey are making six figures.]]></description>
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