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Member of the Joint Interparliamentary Council Whip of the New Democratic Party Member of the panel of chairs for the legislative committees

Heather McPherson

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of the Joint Interparliamentary Council Whip of the New Democratic Party Member of the panel of chairs for the legislative committees
  • NDP
  • Edmonton Strathcona
  • Alberta
  • Voting Attendance: 67%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $141,604.97

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Context: House Hansard - 209 - Jun/8/23
Ms. Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona, NDP)
  • Jun/8/23 7:28:32 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I have some concerns, and I think my colleague from the Bloc just addressed some them. It is the access and the workers that I am most concerned about. What would the member suggest should be done for northern and rural communities where access to child care staff is not available, where child care workers are not available and where we have seen that there is a lack of access to quality child care?
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Context: House Hansard - 74 - May/18/22
Ms. Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona, NDP)
  • May/18/22 6:09:07 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-14 
Madam Speaker, I know my colleague, the member for Outremont, to be a very strong member of the foreign affairs committee, and I have enjoyed working with her on that committee. My question is in regard to what she would recommend or what steps we could take to deal with the fact that in Canada we are increasingly seeing urbanization, yet we still have a strong need for rural representation. How do we balance the needs of our rural communities to be well represented with the increasing urbanization of our country?
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Context: House Hansard - 55 - Apr/7/22
Ms. Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona, NDP)
  • Apr/7/22 1:55:51 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-14 
Madam Speaker, my colleague's intervention today was very detailed and fact-based, and I appreciate his attention to detail. He talked about the member for Edmonton—Wetaskiwin having 200,000 constituents in his riding, and something I have been thinking a lot about is the nature of representation when we look at the difference between rural and urban. I wonder if the member would be able to speak to that. Considering the difference in priorities and the different challenges that rural and urban ridings face, would he be interested in making sure, as we determine the three new seats in Alberta, that we have urban and rural priorities in line?
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