Platform
Leadership Renewal
Elizabeth May has stated she doesn’t intend to lead the Party in the next election. One of the immediate tasks for the new Federal Council will be to prepare for a leadership race. A new set of leadership race rules must be prepared urgently, and this will be a top priority. I believe we can have these prepared by the end of the year.
Governance Reform
The Federal Council has not been running well for many years, nor has governance in general. Turnover has been a problem as well, with few councilors fulfilling their full 2 year terms, let alone returning for a second term. We need to address and reform the underlying mechanics of governance in the Party.
Finances
The Party ended up in a lot of debt after the last election when we failed to achieve 2% of the popular vote. We cannot go into another election with this debt, we need full coffers to be effective on the campaign trail.
Election Debrief
We need to be honest with ourselves, this past election was our worst since before May’s 2011 breakthrough. We need a solid debrief on what went wrong so we do not repeat our mistakes.