Former Green Party of Canada leader Elizabeth May will run again for her old job and is offering to share responsibilities with a co-leader, sources told CBC News.
Multiple sources confirm a report from the star of toronto that May will join the Green Party leadership race.
The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak publicly, told CBC News that May is proposing to run as co-leader. Some sources said they were caught off guard when they first learned the news.
According to the party’s leadership guidelines, the party will announce the official leadership candidates on August 31.
The field of candidates will be reduced through two rounds of voting; the party will announce which candidates have passed the first round on October 14. The final round of voting begins immediately after, and the party is expected to announce a new leader on November 19.
The Green Party has been criticized for its strict rules on the race. Quebec Green Party leader Alex Tyrrell said the format favors well-known candidates over lesser-known ones.
Tyrrell was preparing his own leadership campaign when the federal party expelled him earlier this month. The federal Greens said they kicked him out because he breached the party’s code of ethics with his controversial statements about war in Ukraine.
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Sources who spoke to CBC News said May’s proposed co-leadership model would require the approval of party members. The sources said she hopes to co-lead the Greens with Jonathan Pedno, a former researcher at Human Rights Watch.
May resigned from the leadership in 2019 after what many observers called a disappointing federal election campaign result for the party. The party increased its number of seats in the House of Commons to three – fewer than some had predicted.
If elected, May will succeed Anami Paul, who resigned after the 2021 election.
Paul, the first black and Jewish woman elected to lead a federal party, described her short time in leadership as one of the most challenging periods of her life. She accused some members of the federal council of writing a list of accusations against her that were racist and misogynistic.
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