A Kingston reservist is in danger of losing his college entrance spot because he can't write an Ontario driver's test in Afghanistan.
Cpl. Alex Perry, a member of the Princess of Wales' Own Regiment who is now posted in Kandahar with the Royal Canadian Regiment, wants to become a paramedic when he returns to Canada in two months. He has been accepted to Niagara College's program but is in a bizarre bureaucratic limbo.
Perry's G-2 license expired while he was deployed and one of the college prerequisites is that applicants show proof they have booked an appointment for their 'G' licence test -- they don't actually have to have taken the test to be accepted.
The provincial transportation ministry -- which was honoured Friday with a certificate from the Armed Forces recognizing its support of the reserves -- says Perry can't book an appointment until he retakes the written test and he will have to return to Canada to do so.
He can't possibly do that before the college's deadline expires, meaning he may have to wait another year to start his studies.
"This is absolutely absurd," said his mother, Sue Perry, a local elementary school principal.
"He's over there fighting for his country but he's being told he can't start training for a career after his military service because of this paperwork."
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Cpl. Alex Perry, a member of the Princess of Wales' Own Regiment who is now posted in Kandahar with the Royal Canadian Regiment, wants to become a paramedic when he returns to Canada in two months. He has been accepted to Niagara College's program but is in a bizarre bureaucratic limbo.
Perry's G-2 license expired while he was deployed and one of the college prerequisites is that applicants show proof they have booked an appointment for their 'G' licence test -- they don't actually have to have taken the test to be accepted.
The provincial transportation ministry -- which was honoured Friday with a certificate from the Armed Forces recognizing its support of the reserves -- says Perry can't book an appointment until he retakes the written test and he will have to return to Canada to do so.
He can't possibly do that before the college's deadline expires, meaning he may have to wait another year to start his studies.
"This is absolutely absurd," said his mother, Sue Perry, a local elementary school principal.
"He's over there fighting for his country but he's being told he can't start training for a career after his military service because of this paperwork."
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