‘I’m the interim leader of a federal political party and I’m still thinking about killing myself’: Amita Kuttner

Thirty-one-year-old Amita Kuttner, the first transgender person to lead a national Canadian political party, lost his mother, Eliza, in 2005 when a mudslide crashed into their North Vancouver family home. Kuttner’s father, Michael, survived, but suffered brain damage and numerous physical injuries, including 23 broken vertebrae. Today, he struggles with PTSD, including suicidal ideation.

Green Party interim leader Amita Kuttner, pictured on Dec. 1, 2021, on the Hill, said he worries about people who are in a similar situation, but without the 'privileges and support network' that he has, and believes the federal government can step up and do more to help them. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY CHRISTOPHER GULY

October 3, 2022

Following the devastating swath Hurricane Fiona recently cut through Atlantic Canada, federal Green Party interim leader Amita Kuttner wrote on Twitter: “I know what it is to lose home and family to extreme weather; my heart is with those dealing with

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