Rephrasing the Questions Around Youth Unemployment

By Jaime Morrison. As we learned in November, the effects of youth unemployment and unpaid internships are hitting a nerve among Canadian families. I expect we'll be hearing more about this topic over the course of the coming year.
The narrative around unpaid internships resonates closely with young people (15 to 29) who are threatened by unemployment, precarious employment or underemployment and, of greater political consequence, their parental piggy-banks. More...