Canada’s Green Party chief stepping down after election loss
Al Jazeera
Annamie Paul, first Black woman to lead a federal party in Canada, resigns as leader after poor vote results last week.
The head of the Green Party of Canada, Annamie Paul, has announced that she is stepping down after failing to win a seat in last week’s federal election and leading the party to disappointing overall results.
Speaking to reporters on Monday, Paul – the first Black and Jewish woman to lead a federal party in Canada’s history – said she was informed shortly after the September 20 vote that the Greens were launching a review of her leadership.
“I just asked myself whether this is something that I wanted to continue, whether I was willing to continue to put up with the attacks I knew would be coming, whether to continue to have to fight and struggle just to fulfil my democratically elected role as leader of this party,” she said.
