Meryam Haddad ;Background: Meryam Haddad, 32, is an immigration lawyer residing in
Montreal, Quebec. Haddad immigrated from Syria at the age of 5 and has been a resident of Montreal since. She holds a Bachelor of Laws from the
University of Ottawa and was the candidate for
Châteauguay—Lacolle in 2019. She is openly
lesbian. :
Candidacy announced: May 22, 2020 • Implement a
Green New Deal. •
Abolition of the police. •
De-colonizing Canada and promoting
Canadian republicanism. is an emergency room physician residing in
Yellowknife,
Northwest Territories. She holds degrees from
Simon Fraser University,
University of British Columbia, and
McGill University. She is the President of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment :
Candidacy announced: June 11, 2020 • Fund
community-centered agriculture plans. • Prioritize the construction of a national electrical grid relying on 100 per cent
clean energy. • Establish compassionate crisis-response teams for RCMP units. • Develop a national strategy on
broadband and connectivity for rural and Indigenous communities. is an astrophysicist residing on
Lasqueti Island,
British Columbia. They hold a doctorate from the
University of California, Santa Cruz. Kuttner is openly
non-binary and
pansexual, and uses
they/
them pronouns. They have refused to hold fundraising events with former leader Elizabeth May, saying the offer of assistance with fundraising does not address other systemic inequities in the race. :
Candidacy announced: March 9, 2020 :
Date registered with Elections Canada: :
Campaign website: ;Policies: • Universal pharmacare, dental care, vision care, mental care, and preventive health measures. • Free post-secondary tuition. • Introduce new policy regarding
artificial intelligence, such as a
robot tax, to protect Canadian workers. • Commit to protecting 30 per cent of aquatic habitat and 30 per cent of terrestrial habitat in Canada by 2030 along with increasing funding to develop recovery plans and protections for endangered species. • Guaranteed livable income, development of unions in sectors where they are absent, better legislation for workers’ rights. •
Housing as a human right, including investment in social housing and federal funding of non-market solutions. • Implement a proportional representation electoral system. • Decriminalize
drug use and
sex work.
Dimitri Lascaris ;Background: Dimitri Lascaris, 56, is a lawyer and
pro-Russian activist who was born in
London, Ontario, and resides in
Montreal, Quebec. He holds a law degree from the
University of Toronto. He was the federal candidate for
London West in 2015 and the Justice Critic in the Green Party's
shadow cabinet in 2016, • Prevent the use of
replacement workers during strikes. • Cancel the Saudi arms deal and impose a ban on trading in arms with all states that do not comply with UN Human Rights protocols and any states whose governments are engaged in violations of such human rights. • Support a
mixed-member proportional representation electoral system. • Expand public health coverage to include dentistry, pharmacare, eldercare and mental health care. ;Notes Lascaris' candidacy was initially rejected by the party's vetting committee, which was appealed.
David Merner ;Background: David Merner, 58, is a retired lawyer residing on
Vancouver Island,
British Columbia. He holds degrees from
Harvard College,
University of Alberta,
Oxford University, and
University of Toronto. Prior to his university studies, David was largely educated in French pre-schools and primary schools. He was the former Green Party Critic for Justice (2018–2020), and was the Green Party candidate for
Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke in 2019. From 2012 to 2013, he was the president of the
Liberal Party of Canada's
British Columbia wing and was their candidate for
Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke in 2015. Prior to entering politics, Merner was a lawyer at the
Department of Justice and for the
Privy Council Office as well as the Ministry of
Attorney General of British Columbia. He was also the recipient of the Head of the Public Service Award from the Government of Canada. :
Candidacy announced: November 5, 2019 :
Date registered with Elections Canada: :
Campaign website: ;Policies: • Invest in the development of public transportation at the local level, including railways. • Universal pharmacare. • Implement 20-point plan to address the climate crisis and shift to a green economy. • Adopt a system of proportional representation.
Glen Murray ;Background
Glen Murray, 62, is a politician residing in
Winnipeg, Manitoba. He holds a degree in Urban Studies from
Concordia University. He is the former
Liberal MPP for
Toronto Centre (2010–2017) and a former cabinet minister under Premiers
Dalton McGuinty and
Kathleen Wynne, most notably as the
Minister of the Environment and Climate Change (2014–2017). He was a candidate in the
2013 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election but withdrew from that contest midrace. Murray previously ran for the
Liberals in
Charleswood—St. James in
2004. In addition, he has also served as city councillor (1989–1998) and
Mayor of Winnipeg (1998–2004). He has also been the CEO of the
Canadian Urban Institute (2007–2010), and executive director of the
Pembina Institute (2017–2018). He is
openly gay. :
Candidacy announced: April 29, 2020 :
Date registered with Elections Canada: :
Campaign website: ;Policies: • Work to incrementally develop a zero-waste, carbon-neutral economy and
smart cities. • Transition workers from old industries to new ones. is a human rights lawyer residing in
Toronto. She holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the
University of Ottawa and a Master of Public Administration degree from
Princeton University. She was the Green Party Critic for Global Affairs (2019–2020) and the federal candidate in
Toronto Centre in 2019. Paul is also the Green Party nominee for
Toronto Centre in the October 26, 2020 federal by-election, having received permission from the Federal Council to do so as a leadership candidate. :
Candidacy announced: January 30, 2020 :
Date registered with Elections Canada: :
Campaign website: ;Policies • Improve social security nets, particularly for times of crisis. • Free post-secondary tuition and forgiveness of federal loan debt. is a lawyer residing in
Ottawa, Ontario. He holds a degree in Environmental Law from
University of Ottawa. He is the
Green Party of Ontario critic for the Attorney General. He stood as the provincial candidate in
Carleton—Mississippi Mills in 2014, the federal candidate in
Kanata—Carleton in 2015 and provincially in 2018, and as the provincial candidate in the 2020
Orléans by-election. :
Candidacy announced: May 15, 2020 • Court
environmentalist Conservative voters. • Institute moratorium on
oil sands development and redirect subsidies to renewable energy. • Supports a
guaranteed livable income. • Develop a realistic timeline for balancing the federal budget. ==Candidates who withdrew or failed to qualify==