Going full Watt in Nepean

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CANDIDATE Q+A — TYLER WATT is hoping to unseat longtime PC rep LISA MACLEOD in Nepean. The social media-savvy registered nurse found a home in the Liberal Party after getting “ghosted” by the NDP’s IAN ARTHUR when he raised concerns about the lack of mental health supports in his then-home riding of Kingston and the Islands. Now, Watt says he wants to take his nursing insight to the next level and help design better policy at Queen’s Park — so he’s making the leap from virtual rooms to the campaign trail.

We caught up with Watt to talk about his political motivation, nomination drama, Covid-era nursing and getting trolled by his opponents.

Let’s start at the beginning. Why are you running for MPP? When I was younger, admittedly, I did not really pay attention to politics. It wasn’t until DONALD TRUMP kind of took hostage of the Republican Party and we saw what happened over four years in the United States that I really started paying attention and discovered a passion f…