Mayday LizGreen Party leader Elizabeth May (at right) riled a lot of people yesterday by referring to Canadian and other NATO troops in Afghanistan as “forces from a Christian/Crusader heritage“.  Among those angered was Beverley Woodfield, former Green Party candidate and mother of Pte. Braun Scott Woodfield, who died in Afghanistan in 2005.

Ms Woodfield will not be renewing her party membership.

Former Green party candidate Beverley Woodfield is leaving the fold in disgust.
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She criticized federal party leader Elizabeth May on Wednesday for her comments after the release of a report on Canada’s role in Afghanistan.
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"I fear that with the words (Ms. May) used, that she’s painted a target on the back of every uniformed member of NATO that’s over" in Afghanistan.

The Conservative Party also criticised Mayday Liz for her remark, calling it “extremist” and a “smear [against] the reputation of our soldiers, diplomats and aid workers”.

Ms May promptly fired back, accusing the Conservatives of distorting her views.

“As the Green Party has maintained for some time, the conflict in southern Afghanistan is far more dangerous for our troops when the impression is created that it is a clash of civilizations or, worse, religions,” explained Ms. May.

How bizarre is that.  She is the one who made religion an issue, but now she speaks as if the Conservatives brought it up.

No wonder political science professor Jeff MacLeod says the Green Party must develop party discipline if it hopes to attract good candidates and gain public credibility.

Is Elizabeth May really a member of the Anglican Church of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Committee?

h/t: e-mail from the See of Pisiquid

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