Parliament Hill language interpreter sent to hospital, union blames lax headset rulesOTTAWA — A parliamentary interpreter was sent to the hospital during a Senate committee meeting last Thursday, and a union blames that on a lax approach to wearing headsets during video conferencing. The Canadian Association of Professional Employees said the interpreter, a freelancer who is not amember of their union, was sent to hospital in an ambulance after experiencing severe symptoms and collapsing. The meeting should have been stopped, the union argued, instead of proceeding with witnesses using inadequate equipment. "The rules are that nobody should be speaking without using the approved headset," said Jaczek, who oversees the translation bureau. A previous version incorrectly stated that the freelance interpreter was a member of the union.

Source: CBC News October 25, 2022 20:23 UTC