A funny thing happened on the way to Jan 23
Excerpt from my email to the leaders of the Green Party:
I have also given an interview to the Ottawa reporter from the Times & Transcript detailing that, among many other things, I am withdrawing because I felt the process of my selection was improper. I recommend that, although time is short, a proper meeting be held to select the new candidate. I will turn over my campaign materials, such as they are, to the new candidate.There are things I have said in the interview that will be difficult to hear and I imagine some of them can be argued one way or another. Bear in mind, however, that the locals were willing to put aside their complaints and support me, despite the inappropriate process by which I was selected. I could have remained the candidate and benefitted from the problems I see. However, we are supposed to be about transparency and accountability, and if we hide from our problems, we are no better than they, and prone to exactly the problems that cripple them. I feel that much of what I have said will ultimately create a stronger party that I will be proud to maintain membership in - something that cannot be said of any other party in Canada.
Therefore, effective immediately, I am shutting down this campaign blog.