The NL government wants more high school students to enter the skilled trades, with a youth apprenticeship program...which is great unless the boss is your dad

CBC Newfoundland Morning

The province has joined the federal government in supporting a new student apprentice program, in an effort to introduce more young people to the skilled trades, The idea is to expose high schoolers to a trade early, in the hope they'll stick with it as a career. Mark Squires runs Gander Electrical and Mechanical, and his teenage son wants to join the family business as an apprentice. But the people who run the program say he's not allowed, even without any public money involved. Mark Squires spoke with the CBC's Leigh Anne Power.