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Though the party wouldn't divulge details of what led to Haddad's expulsion and reinstatement, the Montreal lawyer said she was kicked out of the leadership race after criticizing the B.C. Green Party. She posted screenshots on Twitter of apparent email exchanges with party leadership, who said she had “discredited” the Green brand.

Montreal lawyer Meryam Haddad said she will appeal after she was kicked out of the race days before online voting was due to begin in the race to succeed Elizabeth May.

The group of Indigenous and non-Indigenous activists served the Conservative Party of Canada leader with a cease and desist letter Thursday morning. “Canada has never belonged to people like Erin O’Toole. Canada was founded on stolen Indigenous land," said Giiwedinong Kisinaaikwe, one of the youth involved in the effort.

Under new Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole, environment critic and B.C. MP Dan Albas has his work cut out for him. His task: writing a climate plan popular enough to win votes, but ambitious enough to hit Canada’s climate targets.