‘Life has prepared me for this moment’: Angela Simmonds on her bid for the Nova Scotia Liberal leadership

Earlier this month, Preston MLA Angela Simmonds was the首先宣布她的候选资格for leadership of the provincial Liberal party.

“Life has prepared me for this moment, and I think one of the things about me is I will definitely be able to inspire people, and I hope to bring different people to politics and to the party,” Simmonds said in an interview with the Examiner.

“I’m definitely not new to building trust and relationships … I’ve had my own business, but also worked in education and employment, and raised a family, and went back to law school at 36. So balancing priorities is an asset that I can bring,” she said.

在星期六，在Zach Churchill宣布之前，我们与辛蒙斯谈到了辛蒙斯，他也将为省自由主义者的领导运行。

“漂浮在漂浮着的几个名字，”辛德斯说。“有弗雷德蒂利和扎克丘吉尔。所以弗雷德现在最近批准了我，所以这真的很令人兴奋。很多尊重他。而且我认为扎克正在建立他的团队，我们将期待挑战。“

We asked Simmonds about her reaction to启示赛上秋天that former acting chief officer of Halifax-district RCMP Jeremie Landry sent e-mails to Halifax city councillors where he contradicted Simmonds’ claims in an ongoing investigation into the Cole Harbour RCMP.

“I was disappointed when I learned of that,” Simmonds said. “I don’t know him and I’ve never met him. And if I did in passing, I didn’t know it was him.”

7月2021年，辛蒙兹和她的丈夫HRP Supt。Dean Simmonds向Cole Harbour RCMP提出了抱怨，并发表了一份声明，他们向他们指责种族分析成员在交通停止，并表示RCMP指向的Carbine Rifles。

在哈利法克斯市议员的电子邮件中，该地区由RCMP提供服务，当时是哈利法克斯地区RCMP的代理首席官员，他表示，哈利法克斯运输总线的视频素材显示“无论如何，都没有枪械指着它们。“

调查仍然是持续的。

“As [an opposition critic to Justice] I’d say I have no issue commenting on policies and practices of police and policing,” Simmonds said.

“As a lawyer, as a person who understands that when something’s under investigation, it means it’s under investigation. You don’t then kind of make a final decision.”

“I don’t know that much about the police commission or the municipality in terms of their relationships, but I would say if it was an ongoing investigation that there should have been no communication,” she said.

“人们会有自己的看法，这种情况，他们会自己决定。我这里的工作真的是提升人民并确保我的诚信保持诚实，我诚实，所以这就是我在整个过程中继续做的事情是诚实的，说实话，说明发生了什么。“

问她是否希望其他任何人加入自由主义领导力的比赛，辛蒙斯说：“希望我们很快就知道，但从我的理解中，将有一个其他人，也许更多，谁知道。但[丘吉尔是]我现在所知的唯一人。“

辛蒙斯说，她的一个目标是扩大自由主义帐篷，并聘请年轻人参与其中。

“For leadership, you can be a Young Liberal at the age of 14, so for me, it’s important for young people to know that opportunity, that they’ll actually have a hand in choosing who will represent them in a larger election,” she said. “It’s a good opportunity for the younger generation who will be the future of this province to really have a stake in, and have a voice in decisions being made.”

省级国家贸易委员会将于6月份选出新领导者。上周，Dartmouth South MLA Claudia Chender是第一个宣布她正在为NDP的领导运行的宣布。

自由主义者设定了3月21日的截止日期，进入他们的领导力比赛。新党领导人的选举将于7月9日举行。

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