This week on the Alberta Roundup with Rachel Emmanuel, Rachel has an exclusive interview with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith following her visit with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this week. Rachel also explains how the prime minister backlisted True North from his press conference in Calgary.
Also on the show, Rachel reveals how rent is rising in Alberta faster than any other Canadian province and what Premier Smith plans to do about it.
And finally, Rachel has an update on the Alberta NDP leadership race and responds to some of your comments.
Rachel is a seasoned political reporter who’s covered government institutions from a variety of levels. A Carleton University journalism graduate, she was a multimedia reporter for three local Niagara newspapers. Her work has been published in the Toronto Star. Rachel was the inaugural recipient of the Political Matters internship, placing her at The Globe and Mail’s parliamentary bureau. She spent three years covering the federal government for iPolitics. Rachel is the Alberta correspondent for True North based in Edmonton.