And very influenced by friends and teachers.". At a debate at the Calgary Varsity Centre in April 2019, McGrath apologised for her past involvement with the Communist Party saying she was no longer a Communist stating, "Four decades ago when I was a young student, I was a member [of the Communist Party] and I deeply regret that.
McGrath acknowledged that she was influenced by her peers and educators in her past. At a debate in Calgary in April 2019, she apologized for her previous involvement with the Communist Party, stating that she had been a member four decades prior and regretted it deeply.