New contract keeps distance interpreting definition deemed problematic by association

Public Services and Procurement Canada hasn’t gone ‘far enough’ in protecting interpreters with measures set down in the new contract for freelancers, says the AIIC’s Nicole Gagnon.

An interpreter is pictured at work in a booth during a press conference in the Sir John A. Macdonald building on Feb. 16. Among measures undertaken by PSPC to support interpreters during COVID-19, new booths and new sound consoles have been installed. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

April 21, 2021

New contract terms for federal freelance interpreters are out, and while one proposed aspect flagged as problematic has been reversed, a definition of distance interpreting that’s been criticized as likely to open up the workforce to greater health and safety risks ...

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