A neighbor of mine is an elevator technician.  The Ontario government says you need to have two licensed mechanics working for the company before he's allowed to hire one apprentice.  He doesn't have enough business to be able to hire another licensed guy in order to get a helper.  He says they have months worth of backlogged work, but the government won't let them train the next generation.  The Ontario government has set up the apprenticeship programs so that only large companies can hire apprentices and self employed, or small companies can't train anyone.  

The MPP needs to get the apprenticeship laws fixed in Ontario if they want to have qualified technicians (elevator, electrical, plumber, etc.).