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Since 2019, Heather McPherson has been Member of Parliament for Edmonton Strathcona, securing a once-contentious parliamentary seat through three federal elections. Raised in a working-class home in Edmonton, she spent more than 15 years working with Canada World Youth and the Alberta Council for Global Cooperation before entering politics.
On this episode of Activists Make History, host Peggy Nash talks to McPherson about her values-driven campaign and “big tent” vision for Canada’s NDP.
Activists Make History with Peggy Nash is a new podcast series from Perspectives Journal that finds the political underdogs and asks how they got started, against the odds, to fight for progressive change. This series has been made possible with the generous support of Unifor.
