Green Party MPs threaten to quit party, if leadership race paused

Ottawa: Two sitting Green Party MPs have threatened to leave the party and sit as independents if the federal council cancelled the party’s leadership race, according to a forwarded internal email.

Expressing concern over the turmoil within the Green Party following the resignation of the party’s president, Kitchener Center MP Mike Morrice’s staff sent an email to the party’s top officials, saying that the party’s federal council was considering a halt to the leadership race and close the Ottawa office would cause irreparable damage.

He wrote that the party will not be able to recover from this loss. If this happens, the party MPs will be left with no option but to leave the party and behave as independent MPs. A Spokesman for the Green Party said on Monday that talks were underway and party officials were thinking of resolving the matter internally and only after that the matter would be made public. In a statement issued on Monday, Mike Morrice said he was deeply disappointed by the infighting within the party.

Former party leader and second sitting MP Elizabeth May declined to comment on the subject. May is also fighting the leadership race with Jonathan Pednault on the joint ticket.