McPherson has been appointed to a federal NDP committee, which hopes to learn from the COVID-19 crisis about how to build a better, stronger country
Not long after she became a member of Parliament last fall, Heather McPherson was at an event with one of her favourite Olympians.
The born-and-raised Albertan held onto Edmonton Strathcona for her party. It’s a riding in the city’s core that includes much of the local francophone community, the historic district of Old Strathcona and the University of Alberta. Prior to being an MP, she was executive director of the Alberta Council for Global Cooperation and focused on international development and global citizenship.
McPherson, who talked with her family before she ran, recalled her husband saying not to make a decision based on fear. “Even before COVID-19 struck, Alberta was reeling from economic collapse, massive job loss, and unprecedented unemployment, with plummeting energy prices, and deep provincial cuts to health care, institutions and services.”
They delivered groceries to Edmonton seniors, helped people figure out federal benefits after they lost their jobs and assisted Canadians trying to get home from overseas.
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