NDP nominee Trisha Estabrooks seeks to represent MacEwan’s riding in next federal election
Originally published in print on March 3. While sitting on campus and logging onto my Macbook, I felt both eager and wary of meeting federal NDP nominee Trisha Estabrooks. Due to time constraints, we weren’t able to set up an in-person meeting, so we agreed to meet over Zoom. When Estabrooks popped on, she smiled widely. Unfortunately though, due to audio problems, I couldn’t hear her. We did the interview over the phone. Even over the phone, it wasn’t hard to picture a confident woman from her high, firm voice Estabrooks presents herself as a publicly-engaged person: a big part of her campaign is door knocking, which she finds is a great way to connect with people. She also says she’s always been drawn to careers...
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