Congratulations to Elizabeth May on winning the Green Party leadership. She's certainly made a splash in her opening statements, including demanding that Canada give notice to terminate NAFTA, and describing the pursuit of unimpeded economic growth as "the ideology of the cancer cell". It remains to be seen whether her stances will help the Greens' fortunes, but they'll definitely present some serious challenges to some assumptions which generally go unaddressed in Canadian federal politics.
Update: Another interesting if surprising move from May, as she has announced her intention to run in the Nova Scotia riding of Cape Breton-Canso rather than any of the usual suspects for potential Green gains. The move would seem to make May's attempt to get into the Commons herself a lot more difficult, but then could send a much stronger message if she does pull it off - and the riding does have the potential four-way split dynamic that the Greens seem to be pursuing.
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