Alarms still ringing: interpreters continue to face challenges in hybrid Parliament, putting limited workforce at risk

The BOIE is once again seized with the issue, and the Canadian Association of Professional Employees recently filed a complaint, alleging a failure to provide interpreters with a safe work environment.
Interpreters are pictured in their booths during a media availability with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the Sir John A. Macdonald Building on Feb. 16, 2021.
With a workforce in short supply, interpreters supporting Parliament continue to face challenges amid virtual proceedings, and unless more is done to address identified issues and prevent a further dwindling of available interpreters, it could lead to a “critical problem” for Canada’s bilingua...

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