Political staffers have it tough. I know. I employ them

With little job security and lacking independent dispute-resolution mechanisms, MPs’ and ministers’ staff are vulnerable.

Political staffers face a unique set of stressors on the job, including knowing that if a workplace conflict reaches a media outlet, they could be responsible for bad political exposure to their party, says MP Majid Jowhari. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LIBERAL MP MAJID JOWHARI

October 17, 2018

PARLIAMENT HILL—It wouldn’t be right to conclude this series of op-eds on mental health on Parliament Hill—particularly an entry focusing on staff—without amplifying the voice of another insightful spokesperson on mental health, Paul Wernick, a former parliamentary staffer who has brought th...

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