Green Party leadership candidate Annamie Paul will also run as the party's candidate in the upcoming byelection for Bill Morneau's vacated seat in the Ontario riding of Toronto Centre. A spokesman for Paul told CBC News that the party's federal council had to approve her candidacy because she is still a candidate in the party's leadership race. "I am proud to represent the Green Party of Canada in Toronto Centre for the 2nd time in less than a year," Paul said in a statement, referencing her loss to Morneau in the last federal election. The party will not providing any financial or logistical support for her byelection race until after the leadership vote closes at 8:30 p.m. "If we do win the leadership race, it will certainly be a huge boost," Paul told CBC News.

Source: CBC News September 25, 2020 01:18 UTC