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Illegal? Exploitative? The truth on unpaid internships

With university and college students now finished final exams and looking for summer work, it seems fitting that the latest controversy under the spotlight in the news is that of unpaid internships.

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Canada’s laws fuel migrant worker exploitation: Report

According to a published report titled "Made in Canada: How the Law Constructs Migrant Workers’ Insecurity" by the Metcalf Foundation, Canada’s reliance on low-wage migrant workers with temporary immigration status is growing but the employment and labour laws of the country make them vulnerable to abuse.

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