Labour council needles Watson over unpaid 'internships'

Jim Watson says he changed the name of his previously described “internship” program after the Ottawa and District Labour Council called him out for using unpaid workers on his re-election campaign.
The labour council didn’t like that the mayoral incumbent advertised an application opportunity for unpaid interns to work on his campaign. Hiring unpaid interns would violate the province’s Employment Standards Act, the labour council pointed out on Wednesday.
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