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Pedneault plans return as Green Party co-leader after 6-month pause

Jonathan Pedneault says he intends to return as co-leader of the Green Party of Canada. He says that the party has asked him to return to co-leadership with Elizabeth May after he stepped back from the role in July.

Elizabeth May confident party members will support Pedneault's return

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Jonathan Pedneault announces plan to return to Green Party as co-leader

3 days ago
Duration 1:19
Former Green Party deputy leader Jonathan Pedneault, who stepped down from the role in July 2024 for personal reasons, says the party reached out and asked him to return and assume the role of co-leader, pending a vote by party members.

Jonathan Pedneault says he intends to return as co-leader of the Green Party of Canada.

He says that the party asked him to return to co-leadership with Elizabeth May after he stepped back from the role in July.

Pedneault, who has worked for both Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, says he chose to quit as co-leader after getting "life-altering news" about his health.

After his situation improved, he says, he took advantage of the pause in his political life to get back to his previous work in conflict zones, which brought him to Syria.

Pedneault says the election of Donald Trump in the United States convinced him he "couldn't stand on the sidelines anymore."

May says she's confident Green Party members will vote to affirm Pedneault as co-leader again and she's happy he is returning to the role.

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