NDP MP McPherson out-classes Alberta Conservatives every day in Commons

Alberta's lone NDP MP Heather McPherson has become a chief nemesis of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and also has a federal minister dancing to her tune.

You might think that Alberta’s 33 Conservative MPs would overwhelm the NDP’s Heather McPherson, pictured, the only non-Conservative Alberta MP, but it’s quite the other way around, writes Doug Roche. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DOUGLAS ROCHE

June 18, 2021

EDMONTON—You might think that Alberta’s 33 Conservative MPs would overwhelm the NDP’s Heather McPherson, the only non-Conservative Alberta MP, but it’s quite the other way around. McPherson not only out-classes the Conservatives every day in the Commons, but has become a chief nemesis of Alb...

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