Sarah Kraynick from Christopher Lake was the Green Party candidate for the Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River riding (Green Party Canada) 

By Glenn Hicks

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Local Green wants ‘less divisive’ leader

Nov 4, 2019 | 5:00 PM

The lone Green Party candidate in our region in the recent federal election is thanking Elizabeth May for her service as leader but wants her replacement to be a vibrant person who can motivate voters from all sides of the spectrum.

On Monday, May announced her decision to step down after nearly 13 years at the helm. She will stay on as an MP and as parliamentary leader of the Green party caucus.

Christopher Lake’s Sarah Kraynick, who came a distant fourth out of the five candidates in the Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River riding Oct. 21, said some people she met while campaigning found May’s leadership decisions to be divisive.

“She went to [Independent candidate] Jody Wilson-Raybould’s campaign start and didn’t put the same strength behind the Green candidate in that riding,” Kraynick told paNOW. “She didn’t throw her support behind everybody and that got to people. She was always on the coast instead of coming to us in Saskatchewan, for example.”

Kraynick said she wasn’t happy with her result on election night, especially given all the effort she’d put in. She finished with 500 votes. The winner, Conservative Gary Vidal, secured 10,816.

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“It was a hard campaign. I just don’t have the resources the bigger parties do. I slept a lot in my car and tented. It’s a lot of commitment when you don’t have the support.”

Asked if the fortunes of the Green Party would wane with May’s departure as leader and with strong environmental stances from both the NDP and governing Liberals, Kraynick said she wasn’t sure.

“The way the Liberals are going they seem to be talking about pipelines and now appeasing Alberta and Saskatchewan. We’re not just about the environment but about small business, sustainable business practices and a strong economy.”

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