Several sources confirm a report from the toronto star that May is to enter the race for the leadership of the Green Party. Sources who spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak publicly told CBC News that May is proposing to be co-leader. Some sources said they were shocked when they first heard the news. According to the instructions of the party leadership, the party will announce official leadership contestants on August 31. The field of candidates will be narrowed with two rounds of voting. the party will announce which candidates passed the first round on October 14. The final round of voting begins soon after and the party is expected to announce a new leader on November 19. The Green Party has drawn criticism for its strict rules on the match. Quebec Green Party leader Alex Tyrrell he said the format favors well-known candidates over less prominent ones. Tyrrell was preparing his own leadership campaign when the federal party kicked him out earlier this month. The federal Greens said they fired him because he breached the party’s code of conduct with his controversial remarks about war in Ukraine. A few days after my expulsion from the #cdnpoli —@AlexTyrrellPVQ Sources who spoke to CBC News said May’s proposed leadership model would require the approval of party members. The sources said he hopes to lead the Greens alongside Jonathan Pendno, a former researcher at Human Rights Watch. May stepped down as leader in 2019 after what many observers described as a disappointing federal election campaign result for the party. The party increased its number of seats in the House of Commons to three – fewer than some had predicted. If elected, May will succeed Annami Paul, who stepped down after the 2021 election. Paul, the first black and Jewish woman to be elected to lead a federal party, described her brief leadership spell as one of the most difficult periods of her life. She accused some members of the federal council of writing a list of accusations against her that were racist and misogynistic.
