Earlier this week, a Parliamentary committee hearing revealed that Parks Canada refused help from contract firefighters during the fire that ravaged the historic village of Jasper. Alberta Forestry and Parks Minister Todd Loewen joined True North’s Rachel Parker to discuss what happened, and what steps the Alberta government plans to take to avoid similar missteps in the future.
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.
