麻豆影视

Skip to main content

Green Party seeks to overturn arbitrator's ruling to call off Paul's non-confidence vote

Share
Ottawa -

The Green Party of Canada is going to court to try to overturn a decision by an independent arbitrator to shut down a non-confidence vote on Annamie Paul鈥檚 future as leader.

In documents submitted Wednesday to the Ontario Superior Court obtained by 麻豆影视, it states that Paul submitted a Notice of Request to Arbitrate on July 7, which included 鈥渁n order to quash a non-confidence vote on her leadership,鈥 scheduled to take place on July 20.

The arbitrator, Earl Cherniak, ordered on July 15 that a non-confidence motion would not proceed before the party鈥檚 general meeting in August and that the party must post this update to its website.

At an afternoon news conference on Sunday, Paul confirmed the vote was cancelled, and that no similar motions would be proposed by the current federal council, but didn鈥檛 indicate it was due to legal wrangling.

Paul鈥檚 office didn鈥檛 provide a response following a request for comment by CTVNews.ca.

Now, the party is arguing the arbitrator erred in judgment for a host of reasons.

First they state that while Paul鈥檚 employment agreement offers arbitration relief for disputes and controversies, that agreement is made with the Green Party of Canada Fund 鈥 the party鈥檚 legal and financial body 鈥 not the Green Party itself, so applying an arbitration order on the party is wrong.

鈥淭he arbitrator made an error in jurisdiction and therefore in law. The [order] purports to restrain the Green Party which is not a signatory to the Employment Agreement,鈥 the documents read.

It also notes that the arbitrator sought to 鈥渓imit the activities, decisions and communications of members and the membership of the Green Party.鈥

The nixed non-confidence vote by federal council would have required support from three-quarters of the 13-member governing body in order to proceed to a party-wide vote the following month at a general meeting, where an ultimate judgment on Paul's leadership could have been rendered by the grassroots.

With a file from The Canadian Press

IN DEPTH

Opinion

opinion

opinion Don Martin: How a beer break may have doomed the carbon tax hike

When the Liberal government chopped a planned beer excise tax hike to two per cent from 4.5 per cent and froze future increases until after the next election, says political columnist Don Martin, it almost guaranteed a similar carbon tax move in the offing.

CTVNews.ca Top Stories

The union representing some 1,200 dockworkers at the Port of Montreal has overwhelmingly rejected a deal with their employers association.

A man who was critically injured in a police-involved shooting in Hamilton late Sunday afternoon has died in hospital, says the province鈥檚 police watchdog.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced voters in Cloverdale鈥擫angley City will pick their next member of Parliament on Dec. 16.

Local Spotlight

For the second year in a row, the 鈥楪ift-a-Family鈥 campaign is hoping to make the holidays happier for children and families in need throughout Barrie.

Some of the most prolific photographers behind CTV Skywatch Pics of the Day use the medium for fun, therapy, and connection.

A young family from Codroy Valley, N.L., is happy to be on land and resting with their newborn daughter, Miley, after an overwhelming, yet exciting experience at sea.

As Connor Nijsse prepared to remove some old drywall during his garage renovation, he feared the worst.

A group of women in Chester, N.S., has been busy on the weekends making quilts 鈥 not for themselves, but for those in need.

A Vancouver artist whose streetside singing led to a chance encounter with one of the world's biggest musicians is encouraging aspiring performers to try their hand at busking.

Ten-thousand hand-knit poppies were taken from the Sanctuary Arts Centre and displayed on the fence surrounding the Dartmouth Cenotaph on Monday.

A Vancouver man is saying goodbye to his nine-to-five and embarking on a road trip from the Canadian Arctic to Antarctica.

Stay Connected