A foot in the door: some Hill internship programs rebounding post-rule changes, COVID

The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs is working to restart its internship program this fall, while the National Council on Canada-Arab Relations is looking to restart by 2024.

Not only do internships offer a 'recruitment function' to help people find jobs on the Hill, 'interns have become a very essential part' of Hill life, says Parliamentary Internship Programme director Paul Thomas. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

May 31, 2023

Internships are a well-worn path to working on Parliament Hill and engaging in federal politics, and as other programs look to reignite—post-COVID and otherwise—recent changes to the MP Conflict of Interest Code have enabled the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs to re...

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