{"id":8590,"date":"2025-04-23T15:37:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T18:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/?p=8590"},"modified":"2025-04-23T15:37:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T18:37:47","slug":"south-shore-st-margarets-candidate-qa-peoples-party-of-canadas-patrick-boyd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/2025\/04\/23\/south-shore-st-margarets-candidate-qa-peoples-party-of-canadas-patrick-boyd\/","title":{"rendered":"South Shore-St. Margarets candidate Q&amp;A: People&#8217;s Party of Canada&#8217;s Patrick Boyd"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_8592\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8592\" class=\"size-large wp-image-8592\" src=\"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/patrickboyd-1024x839.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/patrickboyd-1024x839.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/patrickboyd-768x629.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/patrickboyd-1536x1258.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/patrickboyd-2048x1677.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8592\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patrick Boyd is the candidate for the People&#8217;s Party of Canada in South Shore-St. Margarets. (Rick Conrad)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Patrick Boyd is the candidate for the People\u2019s Party of Canada in the April 28 federal election.<\/p>\n<p>The consultant and hobby farmer lives in Sable River, Shelburne Co., and is a first-time candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Conservative incumbent Rick Perkins, Liberal Jessica Fancy-Landry, the Greens\u2019 Mark Embrett and Independent Hayden Henderson are the other candidates.<\/p>\n<p>This is another in our series of interviews with candidates in the riding.<\/p>\n<p>We asked Boyd about his and his party\u2019s views on immigration and the temporary foreign worker program, as well as the commercial fishery and the prospect of a new kraft pulp mill in Queens County.<\/p>\n<p>The interview was recorded on April 11 and edited for length.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to our interview with Patrick Boyd below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8590-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/patrickboydfinalapr1725.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/patrickboydfinalapr1725.mp3\">https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/patrickboydfinalapr1725.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patrick Boyd is the candidate for the People\u2019s Party of Canada in the April 28 federal election. The consultant and hobby farmer lives in Sable River, Shelburne Co., and is a first-time candidate. Conservative incumbent Rick Perkins, Liberal Jessica Fancy-Landry, the Greens\u2019 Mark Embrett and Independent Hayden Henderson are the other candidates. 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