{"id":8108,"date":"2015-08-18T15:30:02","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T19:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/?p=8108"},"modified":"2015-08-18T16:04:36","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T19:34:36","slug":"former-canadian-all-rounder-runs-for-ndp-in-scarborough-rouge-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/?p=8108","title":{"rendered":"Former Canadian All-Rounder runs for NDP in Scarborough Rouge Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/35097-DON.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8109\" src=\"http:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/35097-DON.png\" alt=\"Rev KM Shantikumar\" width=\"200\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Popular Toronto District Cricket Association umpire, academy coach and former National team all-rounder, KM Shantikumar is on the ballot for the NDP in Greater Toronto Area community of Scarborough-Rouge Park.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of your political affiliations, the chance to elect a former national team player as a Member of Parliament is a great step for the exposure of cricket.\u00a0The following excerpt is from Shanitkumar&#8217;s NDP website:<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>For three decades, Rev. KM Shanthikumar has lived, worked and volunteered in Scarborough\u2013Rouge Park. Now he\u2019s ready to get the job done as our next Member of Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Rev. KM Shanthikumar is a priest and telecommunications worker who is dedicated to serving his community.Since immigrating to Canada nearly 30 years ago, he\u2019s been proud to call Scarborough his home.<\/p>\n<p>Rev. KM Shanthikumar is an avid sportsman who once played on Canada\u2019s national cricket team and continues to be involved as a coach and umpire. As founder and president of the Ceylon Cricket Academy in Malvern, he has seen first-hand the power of sport to engage young people. His academy has helped hundreds of youth learn teamwork, discipline and perseverance.<\/p>\n<p>As a priest in Scarborough\u2019s Tamil community, Rev. KM Shanthikumar is committed to building a fairer, more compassionate society. As part of his ministry, he regularly visits with seniors and families in need of care and support. He holds a Bachelor of Theology degree and studied commerce in India.<\/p>\n<p>Rev KM Shanthikumar and his wife Joy are proud parents to three adult children.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kmshanthikumar.ndp.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Campaign Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Popular Toronto District Cricket Association umpire, academy coach and former National team all-rounder, KM Shantikumar is on the ballot for the NDP in Greater Toronto Area community of Scarborough-Rouge Park. Regardless of your political affiliations, the chance to elect a former national team player as a Member of Parliament is a great step for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8108"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8108"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8114,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8108\/revisions\/8114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}