Six candidates, including two duos, are competing in the race for leadership of the Green Party of Canada (PVC), which started virtually on Saturday. This campaign marks the return of former party leader Elizabeth May and the introduction of new internal rules for the party.
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Mme May invited members to vote for her as second choice and for her running mate Jonathan Pedneault, a Quebecer formerly of Human Rights Watch, as firstah Selection.
The other duo are community organizers Anna Keenan and Chad Walcott. Mme Australian-born Keenan ran for the party riding from Malpeque, Prince Edward Island. She and Mr. Walcott, a Montrealer, want to amend the party’s charter, which currently provides for a single leader and up to two vice-leaders to allow for shared leadership.
Two other candidates stand alone. They are Ontario teacher, businesswoman and writer Sarah Gabrielle Baron and Simon Gnocchini-Messier, 2021 GPC candidate and former NDP activist.
The six emerging leaders who have been nominated all meet, to varying degrees, the party’s new bilingualism requirement, which does not apply to Aboriginal candidates.
Voting for the first round will take place from October 7th to 14th. The top four candidates then face off in the second round, with voting taking place from November 12-19 when the identity of the new leader is announced.
This person succeeds Amita Kuttner, who held the interim position after Annamie Paul stepped down following a crushing defeat last year.
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