Young Canadians who participate in a coveted internship program on Parliament Hill say politics isn't anything like the version you see on TV. Young Canadians who participate in a coveted internship program on Parliament Hill say federal politics isn't anything like the version of it you see on TV.
"But what you don't see on the screen is the MP crossing the floor to go talk to someone, get a little scoop on — 'Hey, my constituent needs their casework looked at right away' — or another MP coming and just having a conversation with them behind the curtains." "There are so many nuances associated with parliamentary duties and how to represent Canadians that you don't get to learn in a classroom," she said. Being a parliamentary intern, she added, means getting to be "on the ground of what politics actually looks like, and learn from your MP, learn from your staffers, learn from constituents as well.
Arianne Joyce Padillo, of Mississauga, Ont., said those days spent in the riding offered an eye-opening glimpse of just how many people turn to their MPs for help. "The person who called was not even a constituent … but they still took the time to look up their office number in Ottawa," said Padillo. "It turned out to be a really aggressive person who was just very angry. And I said I would pass on a message, but that message was not worth passing on because it was just full of expletives and nothing valuable.""But then after that, I got right back to work," she said.
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