Current Events > Canada's First BLACK Leader of a Party has RESIGNED after a HORRIFIC SHOWING!!

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48 y/o Annamie Paul, Canada's First Black Jewish Leader of a Federal Party has resigned from her party after a disastrous showing for the Greens in the last election of which were even overtaken by the far-right party, the People's Party of Canada!!

She stepped down because she couldn't bear to go through another fractious leadership review which was already formally launched as the party was eager to replace her.

She said the party is rampant with sexist and racist members who want her out because she's a person of colour

Paul was considered a "Moderate" candidate who wanted to move the party to the Centre and away from Socialist Policies of which she described her rival in Green Party Primary who wanted to move them far left and defeated him.

She said "I just asked myself whether this is something i wanted to continue, whether i was willing to put up with the attacks i knew would be coming"

Paul also lost handedly in her own district of which she failed to win and came in 4th in that riding which was won by a safe Liberal Seat by Marci Ien.

The party's popular vote was only 398,000 compared to the PPC that rose to 898,000. The party had a popular vote high of 1.1 million in 2019 when then popular leader, Elizabeth May lead the party to a history 3 seats in the house of commons but fell to 2 seas in this election.

Paul stood by comments from a Green Party staffer who posted anti-palestinian comments which angered her base as well.

As a result they lost 2 seats including one member, Jenica Atwin crossed floors to the Liberals after Paul's response to the Palestinian crisis attacks by Israel who was disgusted by her remarks. Atwin won her re-election as a Liberal.

They only won one extra seat in Ontario after a federal liberal candidate was disavowed by the party and it's expected that safe Liberal seat will go right back to the Liberals in the next election.

Paul also said she DIDN'T support mandatory VACCINATIONS for federal employees as she believed in "personal choice" and that people with actual exemptions should be protected if they can't received a vaccine.

For whatever reason they lost, the members have to find a new leader and whether the new leader will continue the course of staying moderate or moving back to the left will have to make that decision

Which of the reasons do you think destroyed the party?

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Dunno lol

mrduckbear posted...

Paul also said she DIDN'T support mandatory VACCINATIONS for federal employees as she believed in "personal choice" and that people with actual exemptions should be protected if they can't received a vaccine.

preach sister, preach!

Destroyed the party? They lost two seats, and they are not viewed as a viable option, now or before

Does Canada prefer a leader who did black face over an actual black person?

There was a lot more strategic voting this time around since a lot of people who would have voted Green went with NDP or even Liberals to try to stop the Conservatives.

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What!? I just watched her interview with Nardwuar the other day and see seemed pretty cool -

https://youtu.be/v0m285kkU7s

But I guess you can't be in politics and cool at the same time?

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For a second I thought this was a Trudeau joke

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Anime Paul???

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I can't speak to what the actual party experience was like for her... but anyone leading the Greens is gonna have a bad time lol

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