{"id":17346,"date":"2016-11-28T10:04:32","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T10:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traceyarial.nmd.cc\/blog\/?p=17346"},"modified":"2016-12-10T20:48:38","modified_gmt":"2016-12-10T20:48:38","slug":"can-local-businessman-get-elected-improve-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/can-local-businessman-get-elected-improve-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Local Businessman Get Elected to Improve Schools?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last Thursday, I got a chance to interview Richard Langlais to ask him why he thinks Verdun residents should vote for him to represent them in the Quebec legislature.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke about his plans to put $5,000 into a foundation to improve local schools, his dedication to improving Verdun over the years and his concerns that Verdun be represented by someone who cares for the borough and will work for its residents no matter what.<\/p>\n<p>You can hear our discussion on MixCloud:<\/p>\n<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/widget\/iframe\/?feed=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2FTraceyArial%2Fcan-local-businessman-get-elected-to-improve-schools%2F&amp;hide_cover=1&amp;light=1&amp;mini=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"encrypted-media; fullscreen; autoplay; idle-detection; speaker-selection; web-share;\" sandbox=\"allow-popups allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation\"><\/iframe>\n<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Thursday, I got a chance to interview Richard Langlais to ask him why he thinks Verdun residents should vote for him to represent them in the Quebec legislature. He spoke about his plans to put $5,000 into a foundation to improve local schools, his dedication to improving Verdun over the years and his concerns [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"0","tag":"0","restrict_content":"0"},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Can Local Businessman Get Elected to Improve Schools?","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10,893,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics-that-matter","category-unapologetically-canadian","category-verdunposts","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2buQs-4vM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17343,"url":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/strong-liberal-candidate-parachuted\/","url_meta":{"origin":17346,"position":0},"title":"Strong Liberal Candidate Parachuted-in","author":"Tracey Arial","date":"November 28, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Last Thursday, I got a chance to interview Isabelle Melan\u00e7on in French about her candidacy to become Verdun's provincial member of parliament during the 2016 by-election. 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