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Variations in Regulation in Canada
We can demonstrate how different perspectives around a common legal
issue arrive at vastly different regulatory requirements by considering
Vancouver, Ontario and Quebec. In Vancouver the regulators have
taken an accommodating position towards home-owners doing DIY
electrical work. Most likely they have taken the view that the
homeowners are likely to do the work with or without a permit if the
regulations are too strict. As a result Vancouver actually runs training
course to assist the homeowners with their electrical projects so that
they can get their permits and then do the work themselves. Quebec on
the other hand takes a completely different view to homeowner’s
performing DIY electrical work. Their stance on DIY, while reflecting
on the same principle of law, is that homeowner’s shouldn’t be allowed
near any electrical wiring. Ontario occupies the middle ground where it
allows homeowners to undertake some minor electrical work without
training but with the required permits.