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Lawyer and community activist Lucille Collard has announced her intention to run for the provincial Liberal party nomination in Ottawa-Vanier.

The Queen’s Park seat became available when MPP Nathalie Des Rosiers resigned on July 31 to become principal of Massey College at University of Toronto.

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Ottawa-Vanier, Collard wrote in a statement released Wednesday, “puts the wellbeing of families at the centre of everything: indigenous families, Francophones and Anglophones, refugees, immigrants or those who have been here for centuries. The Ford government’s philosophy and approach are in flagrant contradiction with the dynamism and the spirit of inclusiveness of this community. I am running because we need experienced elected representatives who are not afraid to represent these values and to stand up against the Ford government.”

Her website, meanwhile, boasts the support of Rideau-Vanier city Coun. Mathieu Fleury and former federal cabinet minister and one-time University of Ottawa president Allan Rock.