Steve Payne
Steve Payne is the editor of Canadian Contractor magazine
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November 5, 2014
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October 31, 2014
If a layman can buy your business and still make a profit, then that business has value.
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October 31, 2014
Two kitchen and bath contractors sent to jail under Consumer Protection Act
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October 31, 2014
I think there should be trade licensing (for carpenters) with category endorsements that reflect expertise levels.
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October 31, 2014
The (Ontario College of Trades) consultant will dream up a whole new way of shafting all the rest of you guys.
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October 29, 2014
Tony Dean, former head of Ontario Public Service, to "review" College of Trades
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October 24, 2014
Cash, cash, cash
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October 24, 2014
I hire people, pay my taxes, collect HST, and yet I am treated like a criminal
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October 24, 2014
We have crappy tapers, good tapers and excellent tapers. There is no license that I know of that will made a shoddy taper better.
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October 24, 2014
The repeated abuse of the rules by this individual merits his consequences
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October 22, 2014
Guelph, ON green builder shares his experiences with Europeans at Warsaw, Poland trade mission
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October 22, 2014
Report your Toronto-area building permit frustrations on this website
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October 21, 2014
Painter fined $10,000 by Consumer Protection Ontario after shabby treatment of 86-year-old customer
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October 17, 2014
Paid $14,000 to have an indoor waterfall every time it rains
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October 17, 2014
Maybe with an election coming, we could see the Home Renovation Tax Credit reinstated?
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October 17, 2014
There is no such thing as a small electrical mistake
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October 17, 2014
As a painter I am by no means of the same calibre as Craig Lowe…
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October 15, 2014
Incompetence, greed and lies: Report into Algo Mall collapse blames owners, engineers, government officials
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October 10, 2014
Licensing carpenters is the right idea
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October 10, 2014
I didn't realize when I went into the electrical business there would be 4 partners: me and three that get a free ride – bank, government and the ESA
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October 10, 2014
My guess is that [the unlicensed electrician who was sent to jail] will get caught in another province…
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October 9, 2014
Operator of Voltcom Electrical Services headed to jail, while owner of Voltcom Inc., a legit firm, ponders his options
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October 8, 2014
4,000 homeowners in Southern U.S. will collect damages from toxic Chinese drywall firm
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October 8, 2014
Unlicensed electrical contractor, nailed by both ESA and Ontario College of Trades, sentenced to 30 days in jail
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October 3, 2014
I was fined for the same offence, by two different officers, within 10 minutes
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October 3, 2014
Cry me a river… rogue contractor cry babies!
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October 3, 2014
Can you have a backflow protector on the ducting, so the air is not blown into the other bathroom?
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October 3, 2014
Watch out for false eco certificates and low-VOC claims on flooring boxes!
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October 1, 2014
Dartmouth, NS, deck collapse: Everyone and his brother getting sued
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September 26, 2014