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High-profile resignations force Green Party to consider scaling back leadership contest

High-profile resignations force Green Party to consider scaling back leadership contest

CBC
Thursday, September 22, 2022 9:34 AM GMT

In the wake of several high-profile resignations from its leadership committee, the federal Green Party is looking at curtailing some aspects of its leadership race.

According to multiple Green Party sources, party officials are discussing how they can run a leadership contest now that four members of the committee have resigned.

The sources, who are not authorized to speak publicly, tell CBC News the party may hold fewer formal leadership events and is considering condensing two rounds of voting into one.

The party was expected to announce the leadership finalists following the first round of voting on Oct. 14 and then introduce its new leader on Nov. 19.

The Green Party federal council, the party's governing body, has made no decisions yet. The body is scheduled to meet next Wednesday. Interim leader Amita Kuttner told a news conference on Wednesday that the race is still on and the party will publish more details soon. 

This month, Lorraine Rekmans resigned from her role on the leadership committee and as president of the party. She cited the party's refusal to pause the leadership race until it could investigate allegations of systemic discrimination in the party — allegations which came to the fore when Kuttner was misgendered at a leadership launch.

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Following Rekmans' resignation, three other committee members — Natalie Odd, Michael MacLean and John Wilson — quit their posts via email. 

"I am surprised and disappointed to learn that the (leadership committee) recommendations to federal council, for the protection of  LGBT+ members against possible harms during the operation of the Leadership Contest, was refused," said Wilson's resignation email, viewed by CBC News.

"We regret the unfortunate sequence of events that have occurred. It is not what we had envisioned," said a joint resignation letter filed by Odd and MacLean and obtained by CBC News.  "Contest operations are transferred to (Green Party) staff who will work with volunteers." 

Although Odd, MacLean and Wilson have left the committee, they retain their key roles on federal council and with the Green Party Fund.

Sources tell CBC their departures undermine preparations for the leadership vote, which was supposed to be conducted primarily online. When the leadership race launched in August, the party promised it would be its most technologically advanced ever.

Virtual campaign events and the party's website require a lot of technical and time-consuming work. But the Green Party of Canada is facing a financial crunch and relies on unpaid volunteers. Some of that expertise is now gone due to the recent resignations, sources said.

MP Elizabeth May, the party's former leader, is running for the post of co-leader this time. She said the party must proceed with the contest despite the setbacks.

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