Top 40 Annamie Paul Quotes

How many times will we allow Justin Trudeau to get away with pushing strong, competent capable women out of politics when they are seeking to serve?

For-profit long-term care absolutely needs to go.

The climate emergency is and remains the existential crisis of our times and we cannot forget about it because it has not forgotten about us.

But I would not have been the leader that I hoped to be if I hadn’t put my name forward to represent this community. You have to be daring.

Any Green that is elected to Parliament is someone that you can count on, absolutely, to be a climate champion, to work concretely across party lines on this non-partisan issue, which is how we are going to reduce global warming.

The Green Party has the most progressive platform and policies related to issues of social and racial justice.

There is no question that the Green Party has work to do in addressing racism, anti-Semitism, systemic discrimination in all its forms.

First woman of colour, first Black person and first Jewish woman elected to lead a major federal party – it was never going to be a walk in the park.

I’m assuming good will, that people that are running for our council are seeking to do so in the best interest of our party.

The Liberal Party of Canada has demonstrated that it is hell bent on winning their majority at almost any cost.

I will do my best and our candidates will do their best to earn one vote at a time.

I have been subjected to what can only be described as an unrelenting onslaught of comments and commentary and trolling online.

It’s good news that all the parties, well, with the exception of the People’s Party, recognize that we’re in a climate crisis. It’s bad news that there are parties that still are not being upfront and honest with the people of Canada about what we need to do about it.

There seems to be this perception that there was some seat waiting out there for me, that Greens were absolutely guaranteed to win – and there wasn’t.

Canada’s only becoming more diverse. And that still isn’t sufficiently reflected in our in our political culture.

People who don’t see themselves reflected in an institution tend not to associate themselves with those institutions.

Anyone who knows Black women and their hair knows it is a big commitment.

It should not be this difficult for people of good will, people with experience, to offer it in service to their country. There are too many good people that have found it impossible and I simply didn’t want to be one of them.

If you have a diversity of views at the table, you’re much more likely to avoid pitfalls.

I was definitely one of those kids who, for whatever reason, followed politics and public policy.

Anti-Semitism was a constant presence in the campaign after it became known I was Jewish.

And of course, we’ve never had a Black person or a woman of color lead a party.

I joined the Green Party because I believe it to be the most progressive party in Canadian politics and offering the most progressive policies and to be constantly working toward a more just and equitable society.

It was nothing I ever hid and when I was asked about my background, I of course mentioned I’m Jewish. It’s an important part of who I am.

As only the second Jewish person to lead a federal party with seats, I will say that antisemitism has no place in politics.

Politics still remains a very hostile, unwelcoming place for diverse peoples. It’s the reason that we have so few of them in politics.

The anti-Semitism was not easy, and it still isn’t. You never really get used to it. You’re aware it’s out there but you’re never fully prepared for it.

I’m going to try to live up to what I know the expectations will be for me.

Even as the leader of the party, my first duty always is to the people who elected me, my first duty always is going to be to represent the people of this riding in Ottawa.

I have not had any opportunity to develop any hobbies, habits, anything like that.

My grandmother worked as a front-line service worker in the hospitals of Toronto Centre and broke her back doing it in the process.

I want to make sure if I do something, I want to make sure it will help and not harm.

The difference between the Liberals and the Conservatives is that the Conservatives are being honest that what they’re planning to do is not going to get us past 30 per cent greenhouse gas emissions reductions.

My children are grown… my husband is an international human rights lawyer and all of his work is outside of Canada. So, I have bags, will travel.

You have got to have social justice to have climate justice.

I don’t think anything replaces the face-to-face meetings and the personal connections that you get when you’re in the same room or same place with people.

There are many parties that have climate messages. I know that it is really challenging to distinguish between plans that really aren’t a plan and plans that are credible.

Every single person who is a member of our party deserves to have certainty. They deserve to know that my attention and focus is where it belongs.

We have a profound lack of diversity at the highest levels in our political leadership and it has always been the case.

What I bring is hope to all the people who have not seen themselves represented in politics to this point, hope it’s possible we can have a more inclusive style of politics.