NDP stands up to the Liberals for better protection for interns

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http://www.ndp.ca/news/ndp-calls-liberals-to-stop-exploitation-unpaid-in...

Niki Ashton, NDP wrote:

Mr. Speaker, youth unemployment is soaring in our country, and as a result many young people are being pushed into exploitative internships. In the last Parliament, the Liberal caucus voted for the NDP's intern protection act, legislation which would have provided many in the millennial generation with necessary protections. However, now the Liberal government is pushing ahead with the Conservative's plan instead, allowing unpaid, exploitative internships to continue unchecked. Will the minister drop this misguided approach and adopt the NDP's plan to protect young workers instead?

Hon. MaryAnn Mihychuk (Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, Lib.) wrote:

Mr. Speaker, the consultation period on the issue of paid interns and unpaid interns has just concluded. It is important for us to see what Canadians say and think on the issue. It is also important for us to establish a regulatory framework that is going to protect those people who are in paid or unpaid internships in Canada. That is exactly what we intend to do.