Brian read a crystal ball and came up this wishful statement.
Fail to see how the unanswered questions are a smoke screen.
Licencing coming to Ontario? Brian you don’t even live in Ontario so how could you possibly know anything about licencing, which the Ontario government through various MP’s have repeatedly stated licencing in Ontario is not on the agenda.
You appear to blow a lot of smoke Brian and your tiresome unproven, statements are boring. For someone who says they deal in facts you keep missing the ferry, it left with out you.
Keep on swimming, the reason you can’t move ahead is because you are doing he backstroke.
I didn’t have to…I knew you would. Apparently he was an architect also…so people should realize that all architects don’t know their field. Is that what you’re implying with the CAHPI comment?
Great logic again, Roy!
Did you read the comments, Roy? Any of your own comments about how many problems people are running into with poor inspections?
Professor McNutty I told you before he was not a Canadian Architect. But you seem have selective hearing. Architect or not Carpi process is to retrain everyone so they have to accept the responsibility for certifying him and also for getting him his licence. Professor maybe you should read the court case then you would know what you are talking about.
**“Those answers are not going to be available unless someone has maybe $50-$100,000+ and even then, #'s would be questionable.” **
But that doesn’t stop you and your friends from condemning all of us as incompetent and dangerous does it? Have you ever heard of “Innocent until PROVEN guilty”? We are waiting for the proof.
"Your use of the these questions is nothing but a smokescreen to try to deflect attention form the real issue…regulation which you philosophically are against…it’s coming."
Apparently you have, amongst other problems, a problem with comprehension. Show me where I have ever said I am against regulation of the industry. I have stated over and over and over that before I and thousands like me will accept that we are all dangerous incompetents, or that licensing will improve the industry and make us all better inspectors,we want proof of claim. Still waiting.
"BTW, if as you claim, everything is OK in the HI industry"
Never said it. You apparently cant read or is it understand? All we have ever asked for is proof and you and your friends cannot supply it. So, no more pointless argument Brian. It is time for you to produce.
HOW MANY INSPECTORS ARE THERE IN CANADA? HOW MANY INSPECTIONS ARE COMPLETED / YEAR? HOW MANY OF THOSE INSPECTIONS LEAD TO MINOR / MAJOR CLIENT COMPLAINT?
By the way Brian, I did go to your link but didn’t think that it needed comment. However, are you contending that this singular example of an inspection gone bad should be used as tar for the brush and applied to all of us?
Oh, I forgot.
Of course you are. :roll:
Obviously, you did not take the time to read through the comments. I just went through about another 30-40% of them…many more cases of poor inspections being recounted within those threads. The comments are not only about this case!!!
And to boot, this type of media would only be reaching a small % of the general population as the bulk of Canadians do not listen to/watch CBC. If it reached a much larger population, IMHO, much more would be revealed!!
"Obviously, you did not take the time to read through the comments. I just went through about another 30-40% of them…many more cases of poor inspections being recounted within those threads. The comments are not only about this case!!!"
Brian, calm yourself. The comments are just that - comments which means they are opinions from people with their own agendas. The important thing here is FACT. In order to understand the importance of, or lack of importance of these isolated scare stories, we need to know what % of the total number of inspections they represent. We need to know the ‘failure rate’ of home inspectors. That would be defined as the number of ‘failures’, divided by the total number of inspections completed, multiplied by 100. You cannot supply the total failures let alone the total number of inspections. Do you get it yet? We cannot deal with opinion any longer. We need hard fact to judge the industry. What you think or feel is irrelevant.
"And to boot, this type of media would only be reaching a small % of the general population as the bulk of Canadians do not listen to/watch CBC. If it reached a much larger population, IMHO, much more would be revealed!!"
Again, Brian, your ( humble - had to laugh at that one ) opinion is meaningless and completely irrelevant. Nobody really cares what you think and it has no bearing on the issue at hand. We need facts to deal with not wishful thinking. That is what the “big three” will establish. Now quit your ranting and see if you can help the industry for a change instead of throwing up silly arguments all the time.
HOW MANY INSPECTORS ARE THERE IN CANADA? HOW MANY INSPECTIONS ARE COMPLETED / YEAR? HOW MANY OF THOSE INSPECTIONS LEAD TO MINOR / MAJOR CLIENT COMPLAINT?
If we can assemble these facts, then and only then will we have an idea of just how bad or good we are as an industry. THEN we can decide what action, if any, is necessary to correct whatever problem, if any, may be revealed.
Unfortunately the Ontario/Canada associations do little to nothing about complaints .
They all want to control our industry but the Directors in My opinion are just out for them selves .
Every thing I read says all directors should be at arms length and they are not .
When the Pres of one of the association says he makes more money teaching then inspecting this to me is wrong and not needed .
I’m quite sure someone’s been saying on these boards for years that the** online tests** that are offered here for “certification” is the best way to be educated. [size=2]COMMENTS???[/size]
Now folks are going to have to drive to distant locations, pay big fees, lodging, food expenses, be away from family, etc. Sounds like a change of direction to me!
**“Ask BC if they had all these hard facts in place?
Ask Vern if Alberta is assembling all these facts as they move on towards licensing?” **
Exactly. Decisions are being made about the future of our industry and the future of everyone in it based on guesses, opinions, estimates, agendas, dollars, lies, ignorance . . . . . . .
But not facts.
So let’s start with the basics;
HOW MANY INSPECTORS ARE THERE IN CANADA? HOW MANY INSPECTIONS ARE COMPLETED / YEAR? HOW MANY OF THESE INSPECTIONS LEAD TO MINOR / MAJOR CLIENT COMPLAINT?
As you put it, there are too many unknown factors.
No one will ever know how many inspectors there are in Quebec or Canada for all I know.
How many inspections are completed, too vague a question.
(Do you talk about all inspections? including Mold,Radon, Pool inspections, Whole house inspections?)
How many of these inspections lead to minor or major complaint?
How are those complaints settled?
The Federal Conservatives want to make statistics Canada simpler and the questionnaire does not deal about home inspections.
The bottom line is weather the client is well served. The person who refers a good home inspector (A NACHI ONE) will be respected and will be referred.
) opinion is meaningless and completely irrelevant. Nobody really cares what you think and it has no bearing on the issue at hand. We need facts to deal with not wishful thinking. That is what the “big three” will establish. Now quit your ranting and see if you can help the industry for a change instead of throwing up silly arguments all the time.