Thank you. I think you're absolutely right. I'm going to focus only on federal jurisdiction because there are rules that exist in the provinces.
Federally under the Canada Labour Code there is just no clarity on whether interns should be considered employees. By default in workplace law they are, but the implication is stories like Jainna Patel and Andy Ferguson,which I just spoke about, where interns are not receiving the right protections, whether that's minimum wage or workplace health and safety.