Hair looms large
Published Saturday May 9th, 2009
Let's get this straight: not for the first time our MLAs, bureaucrats, government and their various committees are greatly exercised and occupied by the burning issue of the day: barbering and hairstyling, the differentiation between each, how allegedly essential it is to be regulated for the safety of the public, and, yes, even who should or should not have the right to display a traditional candy-cane striped barber's pole. One would think the name would clue them in, but apparently not. Why the heck, though, is the province regulating hair? It's unnecessary and follicular folly. Why are our MLAs wasting their time on something so silly and inconsequential, important only to those who seem to think cutting and/or styling hair is as much in need of regulation as surgeons literally cutting people open? Last year the government recognized the existing legislation was seriously flawed. It was indeed! There's no need for any legislation whatsoever, and there never was. This is a clear case that ought to be hair law today, gone tomorrow.
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Years ago hairdressers lobbied MLA's & came out with too much control over the entire industry in NB. Yes, simple regulations related to the 'health' aspects for safety purposes but beyond that barber & hairdresser should govern by their own by-laws.
NB Cosmetology Assoc through lobbying made themselves Queens of Industry. Excuse me, but 11 month course costs close to $10,000 is extravagant; considering what there exit-level result is, not to mention low pay. That is a lot of cash for limited reward especially until they truly gain hands-on expertise. PNB should never have closed their Community College program but that was due NBCA lobbying.
Barber poles, you can't change a historical fact; unisex type salons don't qualify to exhibit barber pole IMHO. Who owns trademark rights legally??