Canadian Greens concerned federal party establishment ‘disenfranchising’ potential new leaders and hurting its chances to grow

Amid a trilateral 'civil war' between the eco-socialists, centrists, and the overarching 'old guard,' the Green Party is being compared by members and critics to an exclusive country club, rather than a political party.

Green parliamentary leader Elizabeth May looks on as then-Green Party leader Annamie Paul speaks in Ottawa in October 2020. The race to replace Paul, who officially resigned in November 2021 after an acrimonious tenure, opened at the end of June.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY STUART BENSON

July 27, 2022

With just a little more than a week before the application deadline to run in the Green Party of Canada's leadership election, strict bilingualism qualifications and fears the proposed leadership review process will only create further power struggles have party critic...

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