There should be rules for MPs hiring interns, says ex-intern who did unpaid part-time work for a year

The Canadian Intern Association says the Speaker’s office should implement rules for MPs hiring interns.
NDP MP Niki Ashton says 'there ought to be rules more broadly ensuring that interns are not unpaid.'
A former intern in a Liberal MP’s riding office says the lack of clarity between what constitutes a volunteer and an intern contributed to her doing unpaid part-time work for roughly a year. “There probably should be some kind...

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