[CAN-ON] Advice needed. Concern I might be fired

I find myself in a situation I haven’t encountered before and not sure what to do. I’m in Ontario. I have been working for an organization for a couple of years at a director level position. I report to a vp and the vp reports to the ceo. Anything that I ever send up to the ceo is reviewed by my vp. I have never received negative feedback from either the vp or the ceo, and have had a strong performance review just a few months ago.

Three weeks ago, however, my ceo sent me a message in the evening, without cc’ing the vp, saying that due to the poor quality of products, she has started seeking an external vendor to provide the services I currently provide. She said she has discussed this w the vp and that she expects the vp has shared it w me. I was utterly confused by this, as all the products that have come back had little or no edits, the vp hadnt mentioned anything to me at any point during our bi weeklies or otherwise. The ceo also has a monthly with me and has never mentioned anything. I asked her if she could provide clarity and share back an example of a product that she felt didn’t hit the mark as I couldn’t identify one while looking through her feedback in the last 6 months. She said she’s too busy atm to share examples but will do so in the future when she has time. I spoke to my vp and she said she has no clue what the whole poor quality comment was. She said she will touch base w the ceo asap to clarify.

It’s now been three weeks. My vp has barely touched base. We spoke once, during which time she said she didn’t get a chance to meet w the ceo and can’t provide me w any insights on whether I’m going to be let go. She also raised her voice at me when I asked if there usually should be a performance management process if a person is to be let go - rather than it coming out of the blue, without them ever having an opportunity to hear constructive feedback.

Anyway, I’m in a lot of distress and my mental health has been suffering. I’m completely in the dark as to the reasons the ceo has made the comments and feel utterly unsupported by the vp, who knows the stress the lack of clarity is causing. Every work day that passes without some form of clarity or decision is exhausting.

So I would appreciate any advice on what I should or could do in this case. I understand that Ontario is a jurisdiction where one can be let go without cause. If that is the case, do I have the right to get severance? And to negotiate a decent exit package? If they say they are firing me a cause (no severance, I imagine), wouldn’t they have to provide clearly documented cause and show attempts at performance management?