Elizabeth May elected Green leader again, to share burden with Jonathan Pedneault

Elizabeth May elected Green leader again, to share burden with Jonathan PedneaultOTTAWA — After a disappointing federal election result, internal conflicts spilling into the open and a downward trend in fundraising, the federal Green Party nameda familiar faceas its leader Saturday night, although she will not be doing it alone. They ran separate campaigns, as required by the current rules, but Pedneault will be deputy leader. Green members started casting their ballots Nov. 12 and results started flowing to roughly 50 party members gathered at a hotel in downtown Ottawa shortly after 8 p.m. Paul, who became the first Black woman to lead a federal party in Canada in 2020, resigned as Green leader not long after last year's election. Amita Kuttner, an astrophysicist chosen to be interim Green leader after Paul left the job, became the first transgender leader of a major federal political party in Canada.