Paul was acclaimed as the Green candidate there before the leadership race ended but May says now that Paul is the leader, the other parties should stand down.

What teenager would bring pesticide files, or even have pesticide files? But they were important to a young Elizabeth May and to the cause that would shape her life — protecting the environment.

Annamie Paul makes history as the first Black person to permanently lead a federal political party.

One candidate to replace Elizabeth May as party leader had thousands of dollars in donations kept by the party itself, while another says she's heard from supporters that ballots are missing.

Contributions meant for Glen Murray were incorrectly treated as general donations and kept in party coffers rather than being passed on.

``I would like an explanation as to why this is a reason to expel me when just last year, Elizabeth May endorsed and encouraged people to vote for Jody Wilson-Raybould over our own Green candidate,'' Meryam Haddad wrote in her appeal letter.

The winner is to be announced at a small Ottawa event Oct. 3, involving mainly the party's three MPs, its national council and the eight candidates.

Computer scientist and veteran Judy Green is withdrawing from the race and throwing her support behind fellow candidate David Merner of British Columbia.

On Wednesday, Sen. Kim Pate joined Green Party parliamentary leader Elizabeth May and Fredericton Green MP Jenica Atwin at a news conference on Parliament Hill.

A day after leaders with the federal Green Party and the Bloc Québécois suggested they believe Canada's embattled oil industry may not bounce back, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney fired back at their comments and touted the energy sector's contributions to Canada.