The leader of the Ontario Green Party was born in Kansas, where he grew up on a grain farm.
Mike Schreiner was a sustainable agribusiness entrepreneur before winning Green leadership in 2009. Schreiner caused a stir in 2018 by becoming the first Green MP in Queen’s Park.
Known for his outspokenness and aversion to partisanship, the leader is appreciated by members of all parties in the House. However, he was not shy about taking positions that were different from other parties and advocated, for example, the abolition of Catholic school boards.
He is strongly opposed to highway construction and urban sprawl in environmentally sensitive areas, but his platform is not limited to environmental issues. Its approach to housing, in particular, has received praise (New window).
Mr. Schreiner is the huge favorite in Guelph. The chief also recruited a strong candidate for University-Rosedale’s Toronto riding: former Ontario environmental commissioner, Dianne Saxe.
Source: Radio-Canada
