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This Group Chat Will Surprise You

June 12, 2025

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Former Green Party leader, Annamie Paul, lets us in on the covert, cross-partisan group chat that helped her survive politics. It just showed up on her phone, becoming a pillar throughout her rocky tenure - and it inspired this new podcast.

Resources

SAMbot 2021 Federal Election Report - Samara Centre for Democracy

Annamie Paul was the unexpected hero of the leaders’ debate - Maclean's

The Last Place Left Online for Real Conversation - New York Times

Group Chat is funded by the Rideau Hall Foundation and the Flanagan Foundation.

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Group Chat

Canada’s democracy is under threat, and the stakes are high. But when we focus on how we are connected, we find the power to act - to strengthen what’s working and fix what’s not.

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