...Canada again? WTF is wrong with this country?
CBCA judge has ordered a Vancouver Island candidate for the People's Party of Canada in the last federal election to stop calling himself an engineer.
David Hilderman, who ran for the PPC in the Saanich—Gulf Islands riding in 2021, has a university degree in engineering but is not licensed as a professional engineer, according to a recent B.C. Supreme Court judgment. Engineer is a protected title in certain contexts in B.C.
Nonetheless, Hilderman introduced himself as an engineer on his campaign website, the PPC website, his Facebook page and his LinkedIn, the judgment says.
The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of B.C. was alerted to those claims during the election campaign, launched an investigation and then made multiple demands that Hilderman stop calling himself an engineer, according to the judgment. He refused.
Justice Jan Brongers found because Hilderman called himself an engineer while also mentioning his degree in applied science and saying he "has worked in the electronics industry," uses his "engineering experience," and is doing "contract engineering work," he has breached the Professional Governance Act.
what a bunch of phuqing twats
