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6 Jul, 5 tweets, 2 min read
#Exclusive: Green Leader Annamie Paul muted in virtual meeting as she argued against sweeping cuts to party staff
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The Green party’s interim executive director convened a virtual staff meeting last Wednesday to announce that nearly half of the party’s employees would soon be out of a job. thestar.com/politics/feder… Image
But when Green Leader Annamie Paul denounced the cuts, going back and forth with interim executive director Dana Taylor on a Zoom call, the leader was told she was going to be put on mute.
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Paul was seeking clarity about how many staff members would be laid off and from which departments, said a source at the meeting who spoke to the Star on the condition that they not be named. thestar.com/politics/feder…
Taylor, the source said, felt Paul already had the answers to the questions the leader was asking — a point the source disputed.

Before the leader could react to the warning, Taylor had his assistant turn off Paul’s microphone.
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