Opinion: Mike Schreiner on why he ran as a Green MPP in Ontario’s election, despite the odds—and why, with his caucus of one, he remains optimistic about change
The leader of the Green Party of Ontario hailed his party’s first-ever win: “Together we’ve made history, and we’ve changed Ontario politics forever.”
Among Canadian invitees to conferences hosted by the Iranian government this spring and summer was one Akbar Manoussi, a former candidate for the Green Party of Ontario and Canada. Manoussi’s titles and affiliations, which are almost comical in their pompous absurdity, have included: “secretary general” of the “Iranian Scholars Association of Canada,” which appears to exist only on the Internet and which has a membership list that may be limited to Manoussi himself; and “director general” of the “Iranian Cultural Centre” in Ottawa, which is run out of the Iranian embassy.
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