{"id":12423,"date":"2019-10-10T13:00:40","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T16:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=12423"},"modified":"2019-10-10T13:00:40","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T16:00:40","slug":"election2019-candidate-profile-get-to-know-darrell-samson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=12423","title":{"rendered":"#Election2019 Candidate Profile: Get to know Darrell Samson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Name:<\/strong> Darrell J. Samson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Community:<\/strong> Resident of Fall River for 35 years<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Family:<\/strong>\n Lives with wife, Faye,(teacher at Waverley Memorial Elementary) and \nproud father of three grown children and three grandchildren<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Profession:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former teacher and administrator, current Member of Parliament<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why are you running:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since\n 2015, I\u2019ve had the honour to serve as your Member of Parliament for \nSackville\u2014Preston\u2014Chezzetcook. While proud of our government\u2019s work over\n the past four years, there is still more work to be done &#8211; from \ncontinuing to support veterans, youth and seniors, to improving \ninfrastructure, to protecting our environment while growing the economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What do you see as the top issue in your riding:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Above\n all: healthcare. Nova Scotia has a proud tradition of supporting our \ncommunities and ensuring everyone has an equal access to opportunity. \nOur government has done excellent work, such as signing a healthcare \nagreement which provided more funding for home care and mental health \ncare. But I\u2019m committed to continue delivering, such as establishing a \nnational Pharmacare system and finding new and innovative ways to \nrecruit and retain doctors and nurses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Do you have a hidden talent:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>True to my Cape Breton roots, I can step dance like a champ!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is your hope for the riding:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sackville\u2014Preston\u2014Chezzetcook\n is filled with fantastic communities and home to hidden gems. My hope \nis that families across our riding continue to feel supported and find \nmeaningful ways to contribute towards our communities and economy. \nSpecifically, I would like to reduce the burden of medication costs, \nretain young people, and expand the newly announced \nSackville-Bedford-Burnside expressway to Porters Lake by twinning \nHighway 107 from Burnside to Porters Lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How to contact you:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>902-220-8175<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1330 Fall River Road, Unit 202, Fall River<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>darrell@darrellsamson.ca<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>facebook.com\/darrellsamsonliberal (Facebook)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>@samson.darrell (Instagram)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>@darrellsamson (Twitter)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name: Darrell J. Samson Community: Resident of Fall River for 35 years Family: Lives with wife, Faye,(teacher at Waverley Memorial Elementary) and proud father of three grown children and three grandchildren Profession: Former teacher and administrator, current Member of Parliament Why are you running: Since 2015, I\u2019ve had the honour to serve as your Member [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[111,685],"tags":[93,2,624,116,777,627,16,40],"class_list":["post-12423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-column","category-elections","tag-darrell-samson","tag-fall-river","tag-federal-election","tag-justin-trudeau","tag-re-election","tag-sackville-preston-chezzetcook","tag-waverley","tag-windsor-junction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}