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Podcast: The Great Canadian Talk Show
Episode: Aug 6 2023- Patrick Allard Kicks-Off Campaign: "Our Neighborhood Has Been Forgotten About"
Description: There's no bigger longshot in Manitoba politics than an independent candidate seeking to unseat an established MLA - but that's exactly what Patrick Allard is aiming to do in St. Johns.
A contractor with experience in all sorts of building rehabilitations and renovations, Allard is a lifelong north-ender. He thinks that will help open the eyes and ears of voters in the constituency who may not be satisfied with two-term NDP representative Nahanni Fontaine, who has not lived north of the tracks since she was 12 and who isn't seen as veering out of her preferred social-justice lanes...