moved for leave to introduce Bill C-620, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (unpaid training).
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to be introducing the intern protection act.
After consulting with experts and stakeholders, we made some changes to this bill. I would like to thank the family of Andy Ferguson for their help in developing this bill.
Basically, this bill would ensure that paid positions cannot be turned into unpaid internships. The bill will also offer basic protections for unpaid interns, such as protection against sexual harassment, protection of hours of work and protection against dangerous work.
I encourage all of my colleagues to support this bill, which is urgently needed and very important for our young workers.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)