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Leyland Cecco in Toronto

‘A little bit of deja vu’: Canada’s Greens turn to ex-leader in bid to revive fortunes

Elizabeth May with Jonathan Pedneault in Ottawa at the weekend.
Elizabeth May with Jonathan Pedneault in Ottawa at the weekend. Photograph: Canadian Press/Rex/Shutterstock

When Canada’s Green party wanted fresh leadership, it turned to a Princeton educated lawyer and adviser at the international criminal court who became the first Black and Jewish woman to ever lead a federal party in Canada.

But after less than a year of legal feuds, infighting and an electoral rout Annamie Paul stepped down, calling her time as leader “the worst period of my life”.

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