Political ambitions and challenges

As a law student, Angela Simmonds started work on helping people in her community gain legal title to land their families had lived on for generations. That continued as she was given the opportunity and funding from the Province to help right the historical wrong dating back to the 1700's. And last year, she decided to continue to support her home community from inside of Province House. She ran for, and was successful in winning as the MLA for the seat of Preston. She has now become the first candidate in the race to replace Iain Rankin as the leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. She discusses her path to this decision, some of the barriers and how she feels about the support she's seen from all members of the House of Assembly.