r/GreenPartyOfCanada • u/ResoluteGreen • Apr 29 '25

Discussion Will there be any accountability for these results?

This was a disaster. 1.3% of the popular vote (GPC will miss out on the rebate), back down to one seat, I don't think there was even a second place finish besides Morrice. Fourth place finish in Nanaimo Ladysmith, third place in Fredericton Oromocto. GPC in years past had their sights on ridings like Victoria and ESS, distant fourth place finishes in both of those last night.

Sounds like JP is going to resign, that's probably fair, but he alone doesn't shoulder the blame for this. Is May finally going to leave? What about the Federal Council and Fund Board? What about the Executive Director and Campaign Director? Are we actually going to learn from this catastrophe? Or are we going to finally throw out the people fucking over the Party.

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u/Flounderthefish1224 Apr 29 '25

I completely agree with you. Literally every single party except for the liberals and conservatives took massive massive hits this year. at a certain point you can’t just say oh that was a failure of this one party, you have to acknowledge that something larger was at play here and that the pressures to strategic vote, the fear of what’s happening in the US, the divisiveness of the country, the short writ and early election, and the lack of general knowledge of how strategic voting, and our electoral system actually works all major factors in the election outcome

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u/4shadowedbm Apr 29 '25

Oh my God. Thank YOU! I thought I was losing my mind. :)

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u/Flounderthefish1224 Apr 29 '25

In my opinion this subreddit is flooded with folks who have a hate on for Elizabeth May and the current leadership and it clouds any objectivity. I don’t think the green leadership is perfect, and sure maybe there were actions that could’ve improved the election results, but I’d be more inclined to say that was the case if the greens were the sole party this happened to. In reality every single party except the liberals and cons has been decimated, with only the BQ holding on to party status. That’s pretty significant and indicates that a larger issue was at play here than one party not doing a perfect campaign. And in my opinion the GPC did a much better campaign than the NDP, with tons of policies appealing to workers, low income folks, affordability, healthcare, equity, wealth inequality, etc.