Shaping Saskatchewan: Tracy Muggli | Globalnews.ca [Video]

As an advocate for health care in Saskatchewan, Tracy Muggli represents the province as one of the newest senators in the country.

Muggli is from Saskatoon and grew up in Muenster, Sask., and was sworn in as a Canadian senator in September.

“It was very surreal,” Muggli says. “Of course, now if you want to be a senator you apply and there’s an application process. I had been vetted and short-listed by the Independent Assessment Committee and after that you don’t really know what’s going to happen until one day you get a call for another interview and then you wait again and one day you get a call from the prime minister.”

She received word of her appointment on Aug. 17 and was officially sworn in on Sept. 18.

“It’s very exciting,” Muggli says, “but at the same time it’s a huge responsibility and it’s an honour to be …