Freelance interpreters await new contract terms, after PSPC’s proposed changes sparked concern

Central to concerns over the contract terms proposed by Public Services and Procurement Canada late last year is its definition of what constitutes a distance interpreting event.

Nicole Gagnon, a freelance interpreter on Parliament Hill and Canadian advocacy lead for the International Association of Conference Interpreters, says Public Services and Procurement Canada's proposal to only define meetings where a 'majority' of participants take part remotely as distance interpreting events would put the health and safety of interpreters at risk. Photograph courtesy of Sam Garcia

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

March 17, 2021

The final terms of the new contract for federal freelance interpreters, including those covering Parliament Hill, are still eagerly awaited, months after an advocacy association raised the alarm over proposed changes a rep says would put the future health and safety o...

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