Legislative Assembly

We are grateful to the Legislative Assembly, its Members and its staff for helping OLIP to become so successful. Without the cooperation of Members, there would be no placements for Interns, and therefore no Programme, and without the help of numerous staff in the Assembly, the Programme would not be anywhere near as successful as it is now.
The Placement Process

If you are interested in having an Intern working in your office during the current year, here’s what will happen:

Telephone the Intern Office (325-0040) and leave a message indicating that you would like to participate.
Complete the questionnaire and return it to the office where an Intern will pick it up.
You will be telephoned by one of the Interns to arrange an interview – all eight interns will participate in this interview (in other words, there will not be eight separate interviews) and we suggest that both the MPP and your key Queen’s Park staffer participate.

Please note that the purpose of the interview is for the Interns to learn about you, your office and your work; what we want to ensure is that there is a good match between what you need from the Intern and what kind of experience the Intern will have in your office. In contrast from normal staffing arrangements, the
Interns will select the MPP they wish to work for:
you do not select the Intern you want.
Four Interns will be placed in the offices of Government MPPs and Four in the offices of Opposition MPPs in each placement round. Where there is more than one intern wishing to work for the same MPP, the Programme Committee will adjudicate the competing “claims”. Placements for the first part of the year will be announced as soon as possible.
The second set of placements will also be based primarily on these interviews; there will not be a second set of interviews. All MPPs who are not selected in the first allocation will be considered for the second set of placements.

The Ontario Legislature Internship Programme has proved its worth to dozens of MPPs since it was established over twenty-five years ago. However, to build on that success, we need you! Please consider taking part!

Page Modified: October 20, 2004.

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