Randy Briand enters federal race as United Party candidate in Algonquin-Renfrew-Pembroke

Randy Briand enters federal race as United Party candidate in Algonquin-Renfrew-Pembroke

First-time federal candidate Randy Briand has entered the election race representing the relatively new United Party of Canada in his home riding of Algonquin-Renfrew-Pembroke. Born and raised in Petawawa, the son of a military veteran, Briand himself served as an infantry officer with the Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regiment, and was a schoolteacher for 32 years before retiring. He then went to the Arctic to teach for another two years before a…