'Highly symbolic': Canada's Annamie Paul becomes first Black party leader

Paul beat seven other contenders to win the leadership of the country's Green party

Annamie Paul, the first Black person to head a mainstream Canadian federal party, said on Monday that her victory was a sign that politics could become more inclusive.

Paul, a 47-year-old Toronto lawyer, beat seven other contenders to win the leadership of the country's Green party late on Saturday.