The television celebrities contractor Mike Holmes has published a public statement On Facebook about the importance of electrical safety and research contractors that may have done an insecure work.
The comments arrived a day after a CBC Research Report He found that a company sent by Holmes, AGM Renovations, faces accusations of poor quality construction, including insecure electrical work.
“Electrical security is essential and it is an immovable red line for my team and associations,” Holmes wrote on a Facebook post on Thursday.
The CBC’s Market also informed In the support of Holmes to the AGM last week as part of a broader investigation into homemade projects backed by celebrities.
For years, Holmes has backed the renewal company on the headquarters of Ontario in numerous slippery ads, with brilliant statements such as “does not risk hiring any contractor: Trust AGM”.
But after the CBC discovered that the AGM is under investigation by the electrical security authority (ESA) of Ontario after the electrical safety violations, a website of the AGM integrated on the Holmes website make the website It was correct disappeared.
AGM video ads with Holmes have also been removed from the Internet.
The Holmes company, The Holmes Group, did not respond to multiple requests for comments on the electrical problems of AGM and ESA investigation.
But Holmes’ Facebook comments seem to suggest that he suspended the AGM ties due to the investigation.
When the companies with which they work do not seem to follow the rules, he said, it has “a protocol that is implemented immediately through which the entire association is suspended until all investigations and evaluations are completed.”
Holmes also said: “We know that the actions that promulgate this possible suspension will become public, and can be used to portray us negatively, but we stay taking immediate actions.”
Holmes also declared that he supports “the process and procedures to investigate any potential electrical problem by ESA.”
Since 2021, the Holmes Group has been in a paid association with ESA. In online videos, Holmes talks about electrical safety, such as the importance of obtaining a work permit and hiring a license electrician.
‘A fire danger’
CBC News had interviewed two families who said that Holmes’ support influenced their decision to choose AGM renovations for housing projects, a decision that they say they repent.
Both customers complained about the poor quality of AGM, including electrical problems.
In each case, AGM did not obtain a permit required for electrical work. In one of the cases, which involves the Cartier family in Barrie, Ontario, the company did not use a license electrician, according to the documentation seen by CBC. The Cartiers hired a license electrician to rebuild the work he declared in his report that “the non -conforming electrical facilities found are a danger of fire.”
“We were furious, very angry. It’s our home, it’s where our children sleep,” said Eric Cartier. “We trust AgM to do it well and leave the house safe.”
Mike Holmes’ electrical security authority is being investigated by the Electrical Security Authority for insecure work, and when CBC News began asking questions about the AGM renewals, the ads with the celebrity contractor disappeared.
AGM denies any irregularity and said it has no registration of an investigation by ESA. The company did not answer a question about the use of electricians without a license.
When asked about his current relationship with Holmes, AGM’s director of Operations, Evaldi Balla, declared in an email that the relationship “is in a transition phase” since AGM works through a “brand update” .
At the end of its Facebook publication, Holmes said: “I will continue to be who I am and continue doing everything possible to help others.”
