In a special feature for Ellected, this weeks episodes feature back-to-back conversations with UCP leadership candidates, one of whom will be the next premier of Alberta, Rebecca Schulz, Rajan Sawhney and Leela Aheer.
Episodes are being released in the order in which they were recorded. The first conversation with Rebecca Schulz hits on the UCPs spending, the proposed school curriculum, nomination contests and more.
More about Rebecca Schulz:
Rebecca Schulz is the MLA for Calgary-Shaw.
She was elected in 2019 and was most recently the Minister of Children's Services.
In that role, Rebecca fought for and successfully negotiated a fair deal on childcare with the federal government.
The Made-In-Alberta childcare agreement is unique in Canada and critical for seeing Alberta families and children succeed.
Rebecca has also served on Treasury Board and several policy and legislative committees.
She first got involved in politics in 2009 working in the Premier’s Office in Saskatchewan under Brad Wall.
Rebecca then chose Alberta to raise her family and was drawn to the united conservative movement.
She believes unity in the conservative movement is critical – both at the provincial and federal level – to ensure free-market, pro-growth governments can succeed.
Rebecca is an active campaigner and believes that hard work and staying connected with voters – most importantly, door knocking – is the best way to both grow the movement and serve at the ground level.
She lives in Calgary with her husband and two children.
More about Sarah Elder-Chamanara:
Sarah Elder-Chamanara is the founder, creative director, designer and owner of Madame Premier, a feminist, political and activist clothing company and community based in Calgary, Alberta. With the underlying principle of seeing more women and diversity in politics, elected and in backrooms, at every level, Sarah and Madame Premier create opportunities for conversations about how politics works, why it needs to change, who it needs to change for and how the time for that is now.