Boxing enthusiast Meryam Haddad has brought her fighting spirit to the race to succeed Elizabeth May. A Syrian immigrant who grew up in lower-income Montreal neighbourhoods, she fought to attend university, graduate from law school, and eventually seek the leadership of the Green Party of Canada (GPC). “I’ve been fighting for social justice ever since … Continue reading Meryam Haddad: Climate crisis is ‘the biggest social justice issue of our time’ →

Climate change is not an abstract concept to Dr. Courtney Howard. “This is one of the most rapidly warming places in the world,” the emergency room physician told Redaction Politics from her home in Yellowknife. “We are a canary in the coal mine.” Howard is one of eight candidates looking to succeed Elizabeth May as leader of … Continue reading Courtney Howard: Canada’s Greens must be seen as ‘party of planetary health’ →

Amita Kuttner is happy to discuss leadership style. In fact, the candidate to replace Elizabeth May wishes more people would quiz Green Party of Canada (GPC) leadership hopefuls about their management approaches. “I actually think it’s the most important question for the leadership race and it’s not getting asked enough,” Kuttner told Redaction Politics. “I think … Continue reading Amita Kuttner: ‘We desperately need science in government at the top level right now’ →

Having beaten them as a class action lawyer, Dimitri Lascaris is eager to take on corporations and billionaires as leader of the Green Party of Canada (GPC). “My clients were overwhelmingly ordinary Canadians who had been hurt by corporate wrongdoing,” he told Redaction Politics in a recent interview. “I also represented union pension funds that had taken … Continue reading Dimitri Lascaris: Green Party should have ‘unapologetic’ left wing stances to take the fight to Trudeau →

Venezuelan foreign affairs minister Jorge Arreaza remembers when his country was on much better terms with Canada. “The diplomatic relationship between Venezuela and Canada, historically, was pretty smooth and stable,” he said during an August 20 video conference organized by the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute. Relations between the two countries remained strong for many years, … Continue reading Jorge Arreaza: Canada doing Trump’s bidding on Venezuela →