I am just completing a new inground here in Canada, and my electrician seems to be up to speed with Canadian code, but I just wanted some confirmation. My pool is steel walled, vinyl lined. He wants the walls, the rebar under the deck, the ladder brace all bonded with no. 6 stranded bare wire, returned via conduit into the garage where my equipment is, and bonded to the pump housing. Then he wants all that returned via the same wire to the house's main panel (a real hassle and expense, since it will have to run through the attic, etc.). I guess my question is that, in the U.S., the NEC seems to be amended in 2005 with this: "...the 8AWG or larger solid copper equipotential bonding conductor isn't required to extend to (or attach to) any panelboard, service equipment, or electrode." In other words, the NEC simply seems to want all the metal bonded, but not run back to the panel, or even to the house ground, etc. So is my electrician correct about the Canadian stuff? Why the discrepancy? How about the difference in wire (solid vs. stranded, 8 vs. 6)? Any comments and insight greatly appreciated.