That prospect was already narrowed by an independent arbitrator’s ruling last month, which barred the party’s federal council from holding a confidence vote in Paul’s leadership before the August convention.
That’s exactly what former Green party president Dave Bagler wants to see.
Laurence Montgomery, one of four people who drafted the emergency motion to hold a leadership vote at the convention, said he lost faith in Paul after months of party infighting, and that she should be removed even if the federal election is underway.
Others argue the convention is long overdue, and that in a party dedicated to empowering its members, it is past time for Greens to vote on policies that can be championed even if an election is already underway.
But let’s have that debate,” said Lascaris, who has previously called for members to decide Paul’s fate as leader.
Paul and her supporters have maintained she is facing unfair obstacles from within her own party, with Paul stating that the resistance is from a small group of officials who will be replaced by new members of the federal council on Aug.
According to the party’s legal challenge, Paul launched an arbitration under her employment contract that ruled the federal council couldn’t hold a confidence vote in her leadership before the August convention.