Green party leadership hopeful Annamie Paul has solidified herself as the frontrunner to win the party's vote in October, opening up a wide fundraising gulf between herself and her nearest opponent.
The 47-year-old Torontonian has been ahead in fundraising in both the first- and second-quarter results. This week, party data show as of the end of July, Paul's fundraising haul was almost $121,000, more than a third of the money raised by all nine candidates in the race.
"There is no doubt that there are some people who are excited about the idea of electing a woman of colour, that's never been done before, or a Black person, that's never been done before, or a Jewish woman, that's also never been done before," said Paul. "So there's a lot of firsts." But Paul is also hoping that people see her campaign for more than that, and expressed frustration that the Green campaign is only seeming to get much attention when racism rears up.
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