Federal labour minister holds video conference

OTTAWA, Ont. — Dr. Kellie Leitch, the federal Minister of Labour, held a video conference meeting on Jan. 29 with provincial and territorial ministers of labour to deepen intergovernmental engagement. A press release from Employment and Social Development Canada said that Dr. Leitch and her counterparts had focused their discussion on the protection of young workers. They exchanged best practices on raising awareness of young worker injury prevention, discussed the current state of unpaid interns in various jurisdictions and learned recent developments regarding technical reviews of the International Labour Organization’s Convention 138 on Minimum Age and the Protocol on Forced Labour. “Today’s meeting shows our collective commitment to collaborate on issues to improve workplaces in Canada and around the world,” Dr. Leitch said in the press release. “Meetings like this help governments to work together, to share best practices and to ensure that Canada’s workforce remains the best in the world.”

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